Note: my first UDF.
This allows sending (BSD) messages to a syslog server using UDP. It has been tested with SnmpSoft Syslog Watcher, Synology DSM 4.2 and DSM 6.0, Kiwi Syslog Server.
Uses the BSD syslog protocol (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3164), except for Facility and Severity levels, which incorporates the extended (newer) values as well. To the best of my knowledge, this is how most basic syslog senders do it today anyway.
Target IP, Facility, Severity level, Tag, Hostname, Port can be specified.
Also includes a ping feature to give an error if server doesn't resp