Add note about unix domain sockets to syslog input documentation

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# Syslog Input Plugin
The syslog plugin listens for syslog messages transmitted over
[UDP](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5426) or
[TCP](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6587) or
[TLS](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5425), with or without the octet counting framing.
a Unix Domain socket,
[UDP](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5426),
[TCP](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6587), or
[TLS](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5425); with or without the octet counting framing.
Syslog messages should be formatted according to
[RFC 5424](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5424).
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```toml
[[inputs.syslog]]
## Specify an ip or hostname with port - eg., tcp://localhost:6514, tcp://10.0.0.1:6514
## Protocol, address and port to host the syslog receiver.
## If no host is specified, then localhost is used.
## If no port is specified, 6514 is used (RFC5425#section-4.1).
## ex: server = "tcp://localhost:6514"
## server = "udp://:6514"
## server = "unix:///var/run/telegraf-syslog.sock"
server = "tcp://:6514"
## TLS Config