Notifying log errors via email using logstash - email

Question

I'm working on sending a notification email using Logstash if an error occurs.
I'm using the email plugin coming as part of logstash : http://logstash.net/docs/1.4.2/outputs/email
On checking the documentation the To address seems to be the only required field and it didn't work when i specified it to my gmail id : pjesudhas#gmail.com
Is it required to have any other mail server running in my system for this to work, if so what do i have to do. Please let me know your thoughts.
email{
options => [ "smtpIporHost", "smtp.gmail.com",
"port", "587",
"userName", "pjesudhas#gmail.com",
"password", "mypassword"
]
from => "pjesudhas#gmail.com"
subject => "Error status"
to => "pjesudhas#gmail.com"
body => "Here is the event line that occured: %{#message}"
htmlbody => "<h2>%{matchName}</h2><br/><br/><h3>Full Event</h3><br/><br/><div align='center'>%{#message}</div>"
}
I also tried including my gmail id settings based on reading a tutorial but it didn't work either,please help me on this.

Answer 1

Gmail SMTP requires the to and from addresses to use a specific format: <example#example.org>
Try
email{
options => [ "smtpIporHost", "smtp.gmail.com",
"port", "587",
"userName", "pjesudhas#gmail.com",
"password", "mypassword"
]
from => "<pjesudhas#gmail.com>"
subject => "Error status"
to => "<pjesudhas#gmail.com>"
body => "Here is the event line that occured: %{#message}"
htmlbody => "<h2>%{matchName}</h2><br/><br/><h3>Full Event</h3><br/><br/><div align='center'>%{#message}</div>"
}