WSW currently supports sending mail notification through following accounts:
- GMAIL
- OUTLOOK
Update following attributes of email node in mail.config.xml
| Attribute | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fromMailAddress | Mail sender address |
| fromDisplayName | Display name for sending email address |
| toMailAddress | Mail receiving comma-separated addresses |
| enableSsl | Enable SSL or not |
| timeoutInMilliseconds | Timeout for sending email |
In App.config. Replace YOUR_PASSWORD with plain password.
<!--<secure fromMailPassword="YOUR_PASSWORD"/>-->
After first run, WSW.exe.config will contain the encrypted secure section. No need for plain password after that.
Service settings can be configured in serviceSettings.config.xml
serviceCategory: We can categories services using the category attribute.
services: Collection of service.
service: We can have multiple service elements in services collection.
| Attribute | Meaning |
|---|---|
| name | Name of service |
| Source | Value of the Source column of a log entry in Event Viewer |
| logName | Value of the Log column of a log entry in Event Viewer |
| enableNotification | Enable/disable email notification for a service without restarting WSW. |
| enableStart | Enable/disable restart for a service without restarting WSW. |
| isMailSent | If unfortunately WSW crashes or someone stops it, then after it gets restarted it needs to know whether email notification for currently stopped configured services has already been sent before WSW failure or not. This attribute helps WSW in deciding that. DON’T CHANGE ITS VALUE MANUALLY. LET IT BE FALSE FOR THE FIRST TIME. |
| waitTimeoutForStartInSeconds | Timeout value for restarting a windows service |
| otherConfigs | Comma-separated relative paths of files/folders for other configuration files whose details needs to be part of the email notification |