To generate log files, you should first enable the log file feature. Open the Log page by clicking the icon in the toolbar, select a type on the left, then enable the selected log file on the right.
Click the button to open the Log File Settings dialog, where you can name the log file and designate file path. Colasoft Capsa will automatically generate log files if you check Multiple files and set the parameters; you may also customize the count of log files saved in your system.

By clicking the browse button
and check Save log file to disk, you can select to save all captured email logs to a single file or multiple files which are split by time or size.
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Single file
All packets are saved to a same file.
- File name
Specifies a name for the packet file. Click the
button on the right to open a dialog for defining a save path for
the packet file.
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Multiple files
Packets are saved to the files split by time or size. To reduce the total size, you may choose to only keep the most recent files.
- Save in folder
Specifies a folder name and the save path for all files. Click the
button on the right to open a dialog for defining a save path for
the folder.
- Base file name
The portion of a file name to the left of the period separator.
Colasoft Capsa allows very long file names. Click the
button to view a example of the base file name.
- Split file every
Chooses a rule for splitting the file if the file size is too big.
You can split files by time or file size - months, days, hours,
minutes, KB, MB.
- Keep all files
Saves all split files in the defined save path.
- Keep most recent
Specifies the number of most recent files for saving.
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