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+**********************************
+immark: Mark Message Input Module
+**********************************
+
+=========================== ===========================================================================
+**Module Name:**  **immark**
+**Author:** `Rainer Gerhards <http://www.gerhards.net/rainer>`_ <rgerhards@adiscon.com>
+=========================== ===========================================================================
+
+Purpose
+=======
+
+This module provides the ability to inject periodic "mark" messages to
+the input of rsyslog. This is useful to allow for verification that
+the logging system is functioning.
+
+Configuration Parameters
+========================
+
+.. note::
+
+ Parameter names are case-insensitive.
+
+Module Parameters
+-----------------
+
+interval
+^^^^^^^^
+
+.. csv-table::
+ :header: "type", "default", "max", "mandatory", "|FmtObsoleteName| directive"
+ :widths: auto
+ :class: parameter-table
+
+ "integer", "1200", "", "no", "``$MarkMessagePeriod``"
+
+Specifies the mark message injection interval in seconds.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+ The Action Parameter ``action.writeAllMarkMessages`` in :doc:`../actions`.