Catching and E-Mailing Exceptions
Catching and e-mailing exceptions is a technique used in ASP.NET to catch exceptions and automatically send an e-mail notification to the development team or administrators. This can be very helpful in identifying and resolving problems in a timely manner.
To catch and e-mail exceptions, you can use the Application_Error event in the Global.asax file to catch unhandled exceptions, and then use the SmtpClient class to send an e-mail message containing information about the exception.
Here’s an example of how to catch and e-mail exceptions in an ASP.NET application:
void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Exception ex = Server.GetLastError();
// Log the exception
// Send an email notification
SendEmail(ex);
}
private void SendEmail(Exception ex)
{
string emailFrom = “your_email@your_domain.com”;
string emailTo = “admin_email@your_domain.com”;
string subject = “Exception in ASP.NET Application”;
StringBuilder body = new StringBuilder();
body.Append(“Exception Details:”);
body.Append(“<br><br>”);
body.Append(ex.ToString());
MailMessage message = new MailMessage(emailFrom, emailTo, subject, body.ToString());
SmtpClient client = new SmtpClient();
client.Send(message);
}
In this example, the Application_Error method catches any unhandled exceptions and passes them to the SendEmail method. The SendEmail method uses the MailMessage class to create an e-mail message containing information about the exception, and then uses the SmtpClient class to send the message.
Note that in order to use the SmtpClient class to send e-mail messages, you need to configure the SMTP settings in your web.config file. You can do this by adding the following section to your web.config file:
<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp from=”your_email@your_domain.com”>
<network host=”your_smtp_server” port=”your_smtp_port” userName=”your_smtp_username” password=”your_smtp_password” />
</smtp>
</mailSettings>
</system.net> By catching and e-mailing exceptions in your ASP.NET application, you can quickly identify and resolve problems before they have a chance to impact users.
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