On Oct 20, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Jan P. Kessler wrote: > Hey guys, > >> if [ `$mailq_count` -gt 50 ]; then echo "Mail count on Server is" >> `$mailq_count`|/usr/sbin/sendmail -f r...@example.com repo...@example.com ; >> fi > > I'm not sure, if sending an e-mail about a "full mailqueue"-condition is > the best way to go ;-)
Any of these checks could be handled by Nagios or anything else that can easily execute a remote command. Or tie it into your snmp daemon… But yeah, a problem with a giant queue that piles up between cron'd intervals could certainly lead to some missed alerts. :) Charles > cheers, Jan >
