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diff --git a/doc/ommail.html b/doc/ommail.html index 62ded6d0..c18cf3f8 100644 --- a/doc/ommail.html +++ b/doc/ommail.html @@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ standard SMTP port.</li> <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">$ActionMailFrom</span><br> The email address used as the senders address. There is no default.</li> <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">$ActionMailTo</span><br> -The recipients email address. There is no default.</li> +The recipient email addresses. There is no default. To specify multiple +recpients, repeat this directive as often as needed. Note: <b>This directive +must be specified for each new action and is automatically reset.</b> +[Multiple recipients are supported for 3.21.2 and above.]</li> <li><span style="font-weight: bold;">$ActionMailSubject</span><br> The name of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">template</span> to be used as the mail subject. If this is not specified, a more or @@ -112,14 +115,28 @@ $ActionExecOnlyOnceEveryInterval 21600 # the if ... then ... mailBody mus be on one line! if $msg contains 'hard disk fatal failure' then :ommail:;mailBody </textarea> +<p>The sample below is the same, but sends mail to two recipients:</p> +<textarea rows="15" cols="80">$ModLoad ommail +$ActionMailSMTPServer mail.example.net +$ActionMailFrom rsyslog@example.net +$ActionMailTo operator@example.net +$ActionMailTo admin@example.net +$template mailSubject,"disk problem on %hostname%" +$template mailBody,"RSYSLOG Alert\r\nmsg='%msg%'" +$ActionMailSubject mailSubject +# make sure we receive a mail only once in six +# hours (21,600 seconds ;)) +$ActionExecOnlyOnceEveryInterval 21600 +# the if ... then ... mailBody mus be on one line! +if $msg contains 'hard disk fatal failure' then :ommail:;mailBody +</textarea> <p>A more advanced example plus a discussion on using the email feature inside a reliable system can be found in Rainer's blogpost "<a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://rgerhards.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-is-native-email-capability.html">Why is native email capability an advantage for a syslogd?</a>" <p>[<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">rsyslog.conf overview</a>] [<a href="manual.html">manual index</a>] [<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog site</a>]</p> -<p><font size="2">This documentation is part of the -<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> +<p><font size="2">This documentation is part of the <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> project.<br> Copyright © 2008 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> and |