Using "SpecifiedPickupDirectory" in web.config will not save emails to specified folder

[atifaziz]

Steps that will reproduce the problem:

1. Add the following section to your web.config in place of any other similar section:

<system.net>
    <mailSettings>
        <smtp deliveryMethod="SpecifiedPickupDirectory" from="error@domain.co.uk">
            <specifiedPickupDirectory pickupDirectoryLocation="C:\{Path}\App_Data\"/>
        </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
</system.net>

2. Trigger an exception that was previously being emailed by Elmah.

I would expect the email that I would have received to be saved in the location specified in the web.config. Instead, the error is logged but no email is saved. I have tried the App_Data path as well as a new directory in the root of my C:\ drive, both with no success. I have set up a simple email method separate from ELMAH and this does save a copy of the email message to the specified directory.

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Originally reported on Google Code with ID 358

Reported by me@marcpell.com on 2014-04-08 08:23:55

[atifaziz]

Is the {Path} replaced at runtime? I don't think .NET Framework recognises and replaces the {Path} token. Does the account under which the web site with ELMAH running have permissions to write to C:\ and App_Data of the web site? I'm assuming that the separate test your ran was under a different identity that did have permissions?

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Reported by @atifaziz on 2014-04-08 20:01:00

• Status changed: NeedsInfo
• Labels added: Component-Mail

[atifaziz]

{path} is just a manual replacement to hide my local path in my description here rather than the actual path which I am confident is correct as sending normal emails works just fine. The manual test was performed using them same account into the app_data folder of the app and works as expected but then triggering an exception doesn't result in an email being saved. Reverting the emails back to actually sending and triggering the same exception results in ELMAH sending an email successfully so it is just the saving of an email to the path via ELMAH that isn't working for me.

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Reported by me@marcpell.com on 2014-04-08 20:05:53

[atifaziz]

Have you tried downloading and running the demo app that also writes error mails to a local directory? Try the following:

• Download the sources of the 1.2 SP2 release
• Unzip the archive
• From the unzipped directory, run demo.cmd
• When the demo web home page appears, generate errors with the help of the instructions on the page
• On the same page, you'll find a link to where the mails are being saved, which will most probably be along the lines of http://localhost:54321/Mails/

Do you see error mail (EML) files being produced by the demo web?

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Reported by @atifaziz on 2014-04-08 20:40:13

[atifaziz]

I'm sure that pickupDirectory works, i have it configured so and there's no problem. I prefer to keep setting in system.net, cause so i do not need to configure my mail client + elmah - i do not like duplicities :D

<elmah>
    <security allowRemoteAccess="true" />
    <errorLog type="Elmah.SqlErrorLog, Elmah" connectionStringName="FinIS" />
    <!--
      NOTE: additional errorMail settings if we want to have other values than in system.net/mailSettings/smtp/host
      smtpServer="mySmtp" smtpPort="25" userName="errors@email.com" password="password"
useSsl="true" 
      -->
    <errorMail
      from="sender@mail.sk"
      to="recipient@mail.sk"
      subject="ELMAH Error from my system"
      async="true" />

 <system.net>
    <mailSettings>
      <!-- NOTE: set delivery method to: Network to begin send mails -->
      <smtp deliveryMethod="SpecifiedPickupDirectory"
            from=""Your name" <from@mail.sk>"
            >
        <specifiedPickupDirectory pickupDirectoryLocation="c:\temp\mail\" />
        <network
          host="mail.hostmaster.sk" port="465"
          userName="sender@mail.sk" password="pwd"
          enableSsl="true"
          />
      </smtp>
    </mailSettings>
  </system.net>

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Reported by balazs.hideghety on 2014-08-07 15:40:50

[AdalyatNazirov]

It works for me as well