[PLUG] journalctl - assist with message filtering

[Michael]

I'm working out issues with my mail installation. journalctl use is 
presenting a yak-shaving problem.

short version: journalctl is not displaying all the messages I need to 
see when I use the -u option
When I view mail delivery system messages with

   journalctl -a -f -u dovecot -p 0..7

I get a stream of messages like:

Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap-login: Login: user=<michael>, 
method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=5118, secured, 
session=<Kmh9icVCsNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>
Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: Effective 
uid=1000, gid=1000, home=/home/michael
Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: Namespace 
inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, 
subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Maildir
Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: maildir++: 
root=/home/michael/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, 
inbox=/home/michael/Maildir, alt=
Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Logged out in=32 
out=496
Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap-login: Login: user=<michael>, 
method=PLAIN, rip=::1, lip=::1, mpid=5120, secured, 
session=<Yq1/icVCstAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB>
Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: Effective 
uid=1000, gid=1000, home=/home/michael
Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: Namespace 
inbox: type=private, prefix=, sep=, inbox=yes, hidden=no, list=yes, 
subscriptions=yes location=maildir:~/Maildir
Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Debug: maildir++: 
root=/home/michael/Maildir, index=, indexpvt=, control=, 
inbox=/home/michael/Maildir, alt=
Dec 03 10:51:06 cave dovecot[4233]: imap(michael): Logged out in=44 
out=1019


When I invoke journalctl to view all messages other dovecot information 
appears, including what I want:

   journalctl -a -r -p 0..7

Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): sieve: 
msgid=<CAMMUjnv860_ktaNGDr01r1V9j=5u_sSpbx4NsVA4m5PhvYD-UQ at mail.gmail.com>: 
stored mail into mailbox 'INBOX' mikeraz at gmail.com can y
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: 
Opened mail UID=1 because: virtual size (Cache file is unusable)
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: 
Opened mail UID=1 because: copying
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: 
Opened mail UID=1 because: header X-Mailer (Cache file is unusable)
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: 
Opened mail UID=1 because: header X-Bogosity (Cache file is unusable)
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: 
Opened mail UID=1 because: header X-Spam-Status (Cache file is unusable)
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: 
Opened mail UID=1 because: header List-Id (Cache file is unusable)
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: 
Opened mail UID=1 because: header X-BeenThere (Cache file is unusable)
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: Mailbox stdin: 
Opened mail UID=1 because: header List-Id (Cache file is unusable)
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: 
Executing script from `/home/michael/.dovecot.svbin'
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: binary 
save: not saving binary /home/michael/.dovecot.svbin, because it is 
already stored
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: Script 
binary /home/michael/.dovecot.svbin successfully loaded
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: file 
script: Opened script `mail-lists' from 
`/home/michael/Maildir/sieve/mail-lists.sieve'
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: file 
storage: Relative path to sieve storage in active link: Maildir/sieve/
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: file 
storage: Using script storage path: /home/michael/Maildir/sieve/
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: file 
storage: Using active Sieve script path: /home/michael/.dovecot.sieve
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: Loading 
script /home/michael/.dovecot.sieve
Dec 03 10:50:17 cave dovecot[5084]: lda(michael): Debug: sieve: Opening 
script 1 of 1 from `/home/michael/.dovecot.sieve'


(Yes, I'm aware that in the first case I'm following / tailing the 
journal and in the second going back through history, that does not 
affect the display results. It does make it easy for me to grab samples)

What do I need to do to either display the lda messages alone or get the 
-u dovecot version to display them?


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       Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
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