--- a/Cargo.toml	Sat Nov 26 11:56:58 2016 +0100
+++ b/Cargo.toml	Sat Nov 26 12:34:34 2016 +0100
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 futures = "0.1"
 tokio-core = "0.1"
 tokio-uds = "0.1"
+toml = "0.2"

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/prototype.toml	Sat Nov 26 12:34:34 2016 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Example configuration file.
+
+[general]
+# All possible options are set here
+max_msg_len = 2048
+bind_path = "/dev/log"
+
+
+[remotes]
+[remotes.main]
+# All possible options are set here
+addr = "10.0.0.2"
+port = 538
+
+[[files]]
+# All possible options are described here
+
+file = /var/log/messages
+# e.g. "1k" "2M" "3G" default: 4M
+max_size = "2048k"
+# how many old files to keep; default = 10
+history = 7
+
+[[files]]
+file = /var/log/mail.log
+# e.g. "1h" "2d" "3w"
+max_age = "7d"
+
+[[files]]
+file = /var/log/info.log
+# how to compress old files. Possible values: "none" "gzip"
+compress = "gzip"
+
+# #####################
+# Rules are evaluated in the defined order, but a match doesn't stop evaluation.
+# This means that the same message can end up in several destinations.
+[[rules]]
+pattern = "*.info,mail.none,auth.none"
+dest = /var/log/info.log
+
+[[rules]]
+pattern = "mail.*"
+dest = /var/log/mail.log
+
+[[rules]]
+pattern = "*.*"
+dest = /var/log/messages
+
+[[rules]]
+pattern = "auth.*"
+dest = remotes.main