Filter on exception text in elmah

Question

Is there a way to filter exceptions in elma using the exception message?

Examples:
\"System.Web.HttpException: Request timed out.\" I don\'t want to filter out a

Answer 1

You can set up an event handler in your global.asax to avoid ugly configuration regex settings:

void ErrorMail_Filtering(object sender, Elmah.ExceptionFilterEventArgs e) 
{     
    if (e.Exception.Message.Contains("Request timed out"))
        e.Dismiss(); 
}

See Error Filtering.