[LOG4J2-252] SMTPAppender: send multiple events in one mail

• Type: Wish
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Matej Vitásek
• Created: 10/May/13 07:42
• Updated: 25/Apr/22 16:59

Description

I am using Log4j 2 for a Tomcat web application to send me an e-mail whenever an ERROR occurs. Usually, more than one error is produced at one time, and I get a lot of e-mails over a period of a few seconds.

It would be great if the SMTPAppender could cluster more events into one mail. Of course, one has to be sure that Log4j 2 is not waiting too long to send me the errors, which could be solved by a timeout setting.

So I propose the following: add a new timeout setting to the SMTPAppender. Whenever an event that would trigger sending a mail occurs, wait for timeout seconds and bundle whatever else events occur into this mail. Only then send the mail.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: LOG4J2-549 SMTPAppender send one LogEvent by mail even if bufferSize set to 10