Edit → Logging settings… controls what is written down and how you learn about serious errors.
| Log file path | Location of the log file. Without a path of your own, AutoFileSync writes to %LOCALAPPDATA%\autofilesync\autofilesync.log on Windows and to ~/.cache/autofilesync/autofilesync.log on Linux. The directory is created when needed. |
| Log level | From which level on entries are written: Debug, Info, Warning, Error or FatalError. Debug logs every step and makes the file grow fast – meant for tracking down problems, not for continuous operation. Info records what was copied and deleted. |
| History [days] | How long entries are kept. At program start older lines are removed, newer ones stay. |
| Editor | Program with which View → Show log file opens the log. |
| Path for backup proofs | Directory for the proof files, see Backup proof. |
On the second tab you can set up a notification that sends an e-mail on a serious error – useful when AutoFileSync runs unattended or as the background service.
| Active | Switches sending on. Without the tick everything else has no effect. |
| E-mail address | Recipient of the notification. |
| Outgoing mail server, Port | SMTP server and port of the provider. |
| User, Password | Login data for the outgoing mail server. |
| Sender | Address entered as the sender. Many providers require it to belong to the account. |
If recipient, server or sender are missing while the notification is active, the dialog points this out when you confirm it. The same error does not send a mail any number of times – after one message it stays quiet for a while, so that a target that cannot be reached for a long time does not flood the mailbox.