I am using Configuration Transform extension for use of different settings in Debug and Release build configurations of my Windows Service application. Here is my Release:
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="DebugAppender"/>
<appender-ref ref="SmtpAppender"/>
</root>
Here is my Debug, where I dont want to have SMTP appender, but it does not work (logged events are still send by SMTP):
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="DebugAppender"/>
<appender-ref ref="SmtpAppender" xdt:Transform="Remove"/>
</root>
Solution is simplier than I thought:
<root>
<level value="ALL" />
<appender-ref ref="DebugAppender" />
<appender-ref ref="SmtpAppender" xdt:Locator="Match(ref)" xdt:Transform="Remove"/>
</root>