> I have a strange problem with syslog. If I produce many syslog entries
> in a short time, some get lost.

Yes.  Welcome to syslog.  It's not reliable, by design.

The deficiencies of syslog are many and varied.  There is an IETF
working group working documenting the existing protocol and defining
new one(s).  This will help make syslog more useful as a protocol, but
may or may not help too much with implementations.

If you're interested in a syslog replacement, some places to start
looking include:

http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/syslog-charter.html
http://cheops.anu.edu.au/~avalon/nsyslog.html
http://cr.yp.to/lists.html#log

Regards,

Giles