Event: email (EN)


This is where the e-mail settings are specified.

An SMTP server is required. If necessary, an authorization username and password can be specified.

By clicking 'add' e-mail addresses can be created.

Determine the content of an e-mail message

The alert message by e-mail contains a standard message supplemented with time of detection, computer description from the configuration file and sound source. 

If desired, the subject and content of the e-mail message can be adjusted. Additional configuration options are available in the configuration file RTVSilenceDetection.exe.config.

Note: the configuration file is of the XML type and must be a valid XML file. If the XML is not valid, the application will not start.

For the subject of a mail message, the following two keys can be added to the configuration file:

<add key="SilenceAlarm.Email.Subject" value="Dit is het onderwerp bij een stilte bericht"/>
<add key="Modulation.Email.Subject" value="Dit is het onderwerp indien audio terug wordt gedetecteerd"/>

The first is at silence, the second at modulation during alarm.
If the value is empty, a default subject is given.


For contents of a message (body), add these two keys to the configuration file:


<add key="SilenceAlarm.Email.Body.File" value="SilenceAlarm_Email.txt"/>
<add key="Modulation.Email.Body.File" value="Modulation_Email.txt"/>

The first "value" is a reference to a text file whose content is used as a body in case of silence. The second for modulation detection.

  • The value is a filename and can be entered without path. Then the file is searched in the application folder. Or else with path (e.g. c:\stilte\body_alarm.txt).
  • The content must be text and may be HTML.  The mail is sent as HTML body.
  • If the file is not found or cannot be read, the default text will be used.

In the text as subject variables can be used:

VariableOmschrijving
%COMPUTERDESCRIPTION%The computer description as specified in the configuration file under "ComputerDescription".
%HOSTNAME%Network name of the machine on which the silence detection is running
%WHEN%Time of detection
%SOUNDDEVICE%Omschrijving van apparaat die voor detectie wordt gebruikt

Example of a text file:


<p>This is a message from the silence detection. </p>

<p>Silence is detected since %WHEN% with sounddevice %SOUNDDEVICE%</p>


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