Ok, after some trial and error, I was able to resolve the issue. Here's what I did in case someone else encounters this issue. Updated logging as follows:

created function:

def skip_scanner(record): """Returns Boolean value for filter to distinguish between real and scanner requests""" scanner = ("<scanner IPs>") record.ip = record.request.META.get('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR') # ip if record.ip in scanner: return False # the request does not require an email as it is from my scanners else: return True # the request DOES require an email as it is NOT from my scanners

Addition to the filters section:

    'skip_scanner': {
        '()': 'django.utils.log.CallbackFilter',
        'callback': skip_scanner
    }

Update to the 'mail_admins' in the 'handlers' section:

'filters': ['require_debug_false','skip_scanner'],