This configuration will send any errors statements to an administrator as an email (using SMTP). It uses the SMTPAppender Appender. The To, From, Subject and SMTPHost are required parameters. A LevelEvaluator is specified with a threshold of ERROR. This means that an email will be sent for each ERROR or higher level message that is logged.
<log4net> <appender name="SMTPAppender" type="log4net.Appender.SMTPAppender"> <param name="To" value="someone@company.com" /> <param name="From" value="someone@company.com" /> <param name="Subject" value="Message from First Choice Log Manager" /> <param name="SMTPHost" value="smtp_server_name" /> <param name="LocationInfo" value="false" /> <param name="BufferSize" value="1" /> <param name="Lossy" value="true" /> <!-- only email out errors --> <evaluator type="log4net.spi.LevelEvaluator"> <param name="Threshold" value="ERROR"/> </evaluator> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d [user: %X{user}] [fcsessionid: %X{session}] [%-5p] [%c]%n %m%n%n" /> </layout> </appender> <root> <level value="info" /> <appender-ref ref="SMTPAppender" /> </root> </log4net>
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