diff --git a/ATxService/AutoTx.cs b/ATxService/AutoTx.cs
index d7dd774f378189ae45b8394ce602e4a2757be448..8b3d15fd60e09ef68dc328e6df217e461a461d74 100644
--- a/ATxService/AutoTx.cs
+++ b/ATxService/AutoTx.cs
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ namespace ATxService
         /// Do the main tasks of the service, check system state, trigger transfers, ...
         /// </summary>
         private void RunMainTasks() {
+            // Log.Error("test the email rate limiting for error messages...");
             // throw new Exception("just a test exception from RunMainTasks");
 
             // mandatory tasks, run on every call: