def emit(self, record):
		"""
		Emit a record.
		
		The record is formatted, and then sent to the syslog server.  If
		exception information is present, it is NOT sent to the server.
		"""
		msg = self.format(record) + '\000'
		"""
		We need to convert record level to lowercase, maybe this will
		change in the future.
		"""
		prio = '<%d>' % self.encodePriority(self.facility,
					self.mapPriority(record.levelname))
		prio = prio.encode('utf-8')
		# Message is a string. Convert to bytes as required by RFC 5424.
		msg = msg.encode('utf-8')
		if codecs:
			msg = codecs.BOM_UTF8 + msg
		msg = prio + msg
		try:
			if self.unixsocket:
				try:
					self.socket.send(msg)
				except socket.error:
					self._connect_unixsocket(self.address)
					self.socket.send(msg)
			elif self.socktype == socket.SOCK_DGRAM:
				self.socket.sendto(msg, self.address)
			else:
				self.socket.sendall(msg)
		except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
			raise
		except:
			self.handleError(record)
Emit a record.
		
		The record is formatted, and then sent to the syslog server.  If
		exception information is present, it is NOT sent to the server.