I have a .net application using log4net that works fine up until the application exits using Environment.Exit().  At that point I get the following error message:

“log4net:ERROR XmlConfigurator: Failed to find configuration section 'log4net' in the application's .config file. Check your .config file for the <log4net> and <configSections> elements. The configuration section should look like: <section name="log4net"

type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler,log4net" />”

The log file is created and entries are written fine when the app runs.  I’ve tried doing a logmanager.shudown() prior to the Environment.Exit() but that doesn’t seem to help either.  The issue is more of an annoyance than anything else as the logging works as expected.  The app is running at a client site though and they want to know why they’re seeing this error in their scheduler.

Here’s the log4net entries in my app.config.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<configuration>

  <configSections>

    <sectionGroup name="applicationSettings" type="System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsGroup, System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089">

      <section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler" />

    </sectionGroup>

  </configSections>

    <!-- This section contains the log4net configuration settings -->

    <log4net>

      <!-- Define some output appenders -->

      <appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">

        <file value=".\\GenericInterfaceClient.log" />

        <appendToFile value="true" />

        <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

          <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger - %message%newline" />

        </layout>

      </appender>

      <logger name="default">

        <level value="ALL" />

        <appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" />

      </logger>

    </log4net>

  </applicationSettings>

</configuration>

Any ideas?

à I’m able to successfully send mail using .net code through gmail by enabling SSL.

But using log4net its given error:

My Code in app.config file:

     <appender name="SmtpAppender" type="log4net.Appender.SmtpAppender">

      <to value="myusername <at> gmail.com" />

      <from value=" myusername <at> gmail.com " />

      <subject value="test logging message" />

      <smtpHost value="smtp.gmail.com" />

      <authentication value = "Basic" />

      <username value = " myusername <at> gmail.com " />

      <password value = "mypassword" />

      <ssl value ="true"/>

      <port value ="465"/>

      <bufferSize value="512" />

      <lossy value="true" />

      <evaluator type="log4net.Core.LevelEvaluator">

        <threshold value="ALL"/>

      </evaluator>

      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

        <conversionPattern value="%newline%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline%newline%newline" />

      </layout>

    </appender>

Getting error:

log4net:ERROR [SmtpAppender] Error occurred while sending e-mail notification.

System.Net.Mail.SmtpException: The operation has timed out.

   at System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.Send(MailMessage message)

   at log4net.Appender.SmtpAppender.SendEmail(String messageBody)

   at log4net.Appender.SmtpAppender.SendBuffer(LoggingEvent[] events)

I tried using STARTTLS protocol also…which gave me an error with authentication and so….

Please help me out….I deadly need it work it down…

Best regards,

Sree

à I’m able to successfully send mail using .net code through gmail by enabling SSL.

But using log4net its given error:

My Code in app.config file:

     <appender name="SmtpAppender" type="log4net.Appender.SmtpAppender">

      <to value="myusername <at> gmail.com" />

      <from value=" myusername <at> gmail.com " />

      <subject value="test logging message" />

      <smtpHost value="smtp.gmail.com" />

      <authentication value = "Basic" />

      <username value = " myusername <at> gmail.com " />

      <password value = "mypassword" />

      <ssl value ="true"/>

      <port value ="465"/>

      <bufferSize value="512" />

      <lossy value="true" />

      <evaluator type="log4net.Core.LevelEvaluator">

        <threshold value="ALL"/>

      </evaluator>

      <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">

        <conversionPattern value="%newline%date [%thread] %-5level %logger [%property{NDC}] - %message%newline%newline%newline" />

      </layout>

    </appender>

Getting error:

log4net:ERROR [SmtpAppender] Error occurred while sending e-mail notification.

System.Net.Mail.SmtpException: The operation has timed out.

   at System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient.Send(MailMessage message)

   at log4net.Appender.SmtpAppender.SendEmail(String messageBody)

   at log4net.Appender.SmtpAppender.SendBuffer(LoggingEvent[] events)

I tried using STARTTLS protocol also…which gave me an error with authentication and so….

Please help me out….I deadly need it work it down…

Best regards,

Sree