It sounds as though Sentry is the simplest solution then. As its written (and solid) its a lot easier then writing my own exception middleware - and the extra functionality will do no harm (and might be more useful than I think). Sentry it is. Thanks for the replies.
On Jun 19, 7:54 pm, Brian Bouterse <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 for django-sentry. I use it on even the smallest sites and it works > great there too. > > Brian > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 9:17 AM, graeme <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is the simplest way of preventing the flood of emails that > > results from a site wide error? I do not want to end up with 10,000 > > emails because the database was down for an extended period. > > > I do not want to turn it off with ADMINS = () because it is useful for > > reporting one-off errors. > > > I cannot limit at the mail server because the site is on shared > > hosting. > > > Django Sentry seems to be able to email an error only the first time > > it is seen, but it seems overkill for a very simple site - its bigger > > than the apps that run the site combined and it introduces an external > > dependency on a site that has only has one (other than Django and the > > database driver that is!), and even that is non-critical. > > > Are there any other options? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- > Brian Bouterse > ITng Services -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.

