force.tagEndingByColon

Require tags to end with a colon or set the tag to -.

This parameter applies to pmrfc3164: Parse RFC3164-formatted messages.

Name:

force.tagEndingByColon

Scope:

module

Type:

boolean

Default:

module=off

Required?:

no

Introduced:

8.2508.0

Description

When enabled, tags must end with a colon to be valid. Otherwise the tag is replaced with - without modifying the message.

Module usage

parser(name="custom.rfc3164" type="pmrfc3164" force.tagEndingByColon="on")

Notes

• Legacy docs referred to this as a binary option, which maps to a boolean.

See also

See also pmrfc3164: Parse RFC3164-formatted messages.

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