[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have nagios set up and configured monitoring some machines and > services. However i cannot get email notifications to work. When > installing nagios i installed mailx :i.e install apt-get mailx. will > this work as the web server sending out the emails or will i have to > set up SendMail or Postfix. If so does anyone have any simple > instructions on how to do this? Thanks in advance >
You'll need some MTA software on the server, yes. mailx only queues messages for sending by the mta. I'm surprised mailx didn't require an MTA to be installed though. -- Andreas Ericsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net 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
