diff --git a/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/AlwaysTrueTriggeringEventEvaluator.java b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/AlwaysTrueTriggeringEventEvaluator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4592979e07d8374fbbdd8990359aa93788470171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/common/logging/AlwaysTrueTriggeringEventEvaluator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007 ETH Zuerich, CISD
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;
+import org.apache.log4j.spi.TriggeringEventEvaluator;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link TriggeringEventEvaluator} that is always true. Can be used, e.g. to make the
+ * {@link org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender} send email also on non-error conditions.;
+ * 
+ * @author Bernd Rinn
+ */
+public class AlwaysTrueTriggeringEventEvaluator implements TriggeringEventEvaluator
+{
+
+    public boolean isTriggeringEvent(LoggingEvent event)
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/datamover/dist/etc/log.xml b/datamover/dist/etc/log.xml
index 4a29d6ef5715bd5b18e886f8e1aaaccd5b0414f1..036f79d29e44a3b5a183467cc031200debadae79 100644
--- a/datamover/dist/etc/log.xml
+++ b/datamover/dist/etc/log.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     <param name="From" value="datamover@localhost" />
     <param name="To" value="root@localhost" />
     <param name="Subject" value="ATTENTION: data mover" />
+    <param name="EvaluatorClass" value="ch.systemsx.cisd.common.logging.AlwaysTrueTriggeringEventEvaluator" />
 
     <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
       <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d %-5p [%t] %c - %m%n"/>