Sending Syslog Messages To An E-Mail Address - Cisco 7604 Configuration Manual

Configuring and Managing Syslog Messages
(Optional) To continue to pass traffic when the TCP syslog server is down, enter the following command:
Step 4
hostname(config)# logging permit-hostdown
Where the permit-hostdown keyword
server.

Sending Syslog Messages to an E-mail Address

You can configure the FWSM to send some or all syslog messages to an e-mail address. When sent by
e-mail, a syslog message appears in the subject line of the e-mail message. For this reason, we
recommend configuring this option to notify administrators of syslog messages with high severity levels,
such as critical, alert, and emergency.
To start logging to an e-mail address you define in this procedure, be sure to enable logging for all output
Note
locations. See the
disable logging, see the
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To designate an e-mail address as an output destination, perform the following steps:
To specify the syslog messages to be sent to one or more e-mail addresses, enter the following command:
Step 1
hostname(config)# logging mail {severity_level | message_list}
Where the severity_level argument specifies the severity levels of messages to be sent to the e-mail
address. You can specify the severity level number (0 through 7) or name. For severity level names, see
the
FWSM sends syslog messages for severity levels 3, 2, 1, and 0.
The message_list argument specifies a customized message list that identifies the syslog messages to
send to the e-mail address. For information about creating custom message lists, see the
Syslog Messages with Custom Message Lists" section on page
The following example uses a message_list with the name "high-priority," previously set up with the
logging list command:
hostname(config)# logging mail high-priority
To specify the source e-mail address to be used when sending syslog messages to an e-mail address, enter
Step 2
the following command:
hostname(config)# logging
from-address email_address
For example:
hostname(config)# logging from-address xxx-001@example.com
Step 3 Specify the recipient e-mail address to be used when sending syslog messages to an e-mail destination.
You can configure up to five recipient addresses. You must enter each recipient separately.
To specify a recipient address, enter the following command:
hostname(config)# logging recipient-address e-mail_address
If a severity level is not specified, the default severity level is used (error condition, severity level 3).
Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Configuration Guide using ASDM
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