Seq.Client.EventLog

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Enhanced event log processing

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Hi @c0shea, This is quite a large PR, and is based on extensive work I did with [Seq.Client.WindowsLogins](https://mattmofdoom.com/tags/windows-logins/) which was originally forked from the Seq.Client.EventLog codebase. One key thing that...

MattMofDoom

When events fail to send, after some time sending stops altogether

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When a network error occurs, HTTP failure gets logged but after a while the program stops sending events altogether. Example: ``` 2020-11-01 01:00:39.679 -04:00 [ERR] Failed to handle an event...

RedShift1

OnEntryWritten receives more than 12 hours old entries from Windows after watcher starts which in turn wastes lots of Seq disk/cpu

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I experience the same problem as @MattMofDoom describes in his [blog entry](https://mattmofdoom.com/eventlogentrywritten-is-bad-and-should-feel-bad-the-v112-update-for-seq-client-for-windows-logins/). He has re-written the [OnEntryWritten handler in his Seq.Client.WindowsLogins](https://github.com/MattMofDoom/Seq.Client.WindowsLogins/blob/master/Seq.Client.WindowsLogins/EventLogListener.cs#L118) to accommodate for this by comparing events with the...

oleschri