for some reason, my sendmail server had lost its settings and was queuing up all the notifications. once i resolved the sendmail problem, the flood gates opened up.
another great example of doing the *proper* research before hand... would have been a good move on my part. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: jeff vier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:43 PM >> To: Ryan Wilcox >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email [RESOLVED] >> >> On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 15:30 -0600, Ryan Wilcox wrote: >> > error existed between chair and keyboard... thanks for your suggestions >> > marc, it made me think of something that i didn't check before my >> > inquiry. >> >> what was it, for people searching the archives in the future? >> >> >> > >> -----Original Message----- >> > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nagios-users- >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Powell >> > >> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 1:53 PM >> > >> To: [email protected] >> > >> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > [mailto:nagios-users- >> > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Wilcox >> > >> > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:36 AM >> > >> > To: [email protected] >> > >> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email >> > >> > >> > >> > I am having a similar type problem... I have searched around, >> > didn't >> > >> > find anything that was exactly the same. Here are my settings: >> > >> > >> > >> > enable_notifications=1 >> > >> > retain_state_information=1 >> > >> > >> > >> > Notifications were working fine in our 1.x build, after I upgraded >> > to >> > >> > 2.x my email, pager, etc., notifications stopped working. >> > >> > >> > >> > Viewing my event log, I see that the notifications are actually >> > >> getting >> > >> > logged, however they are not being sent to the recipients. >> Thinking >> > >> > about this more, it sounds like a linux problem not my nagios >> > configs? >> > >> > >> > >> > Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> > >> >> > >> What have you tried to diagnose or correct the problem before coming >> > >> here? >> > >> >> > >> It appears that your host and service definitions are probably OK if >> > >> you're seeing notification attempts in nagios.log. >> > >> >> > >> Did you verify you're using the correct (new) macros in your >> > >> notification command? >> > >> >> > >> Have you tried running your notification command from the command >> > line >> > >> as the nagios user, substituting in appropriate text for the macros? >> > >> What happens? >> > >> >> > >> Have you looked in your mail server logs to determine if it sees the >> > >> notification attempt? Queues the mail? Attempts to deliver it? >> > Bounces >> > >> it? >> > >> >> > >> Have you tried 'echo'ing your notification command to a file to >> > verify >> > >> that it has the correct syntax and format? ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0944&bid$1720&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
