issues with notifications

[Mark Shirley]

define contact {
    use    admins
    contact_name    mark
    alias    mark
    email    myemail at domain
    pager    page-me at domain
    service_notification_period    24x7
    host_notification_period    24x7
    service_notification_options    w,u,c,r
    host_notification_options    d,u,r
    service_notification_commands    notify-by-email,notify-by-epager
    host_notification_commands    host-notify-by-email,host-notify-by-epager
}

my contact template is ...

define contact {
    name    admins
    service_notification_period    24x7
    host_notification_period    24x7
    service_notification_options    w,u,c,r
    host_notification_options    d,u,r
    service_notification_commands    notify-by-email,notify-by-epager
    host_notification_commands    host-notify-by-email,host-notify-by-epager
    register    0
}



On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:37:50 +0100, Pete Dewell
<pete.dewell at volteurope.com> wrote:
> 
> What's the contact definition for this address ?
> It looks like that has been badly defined in the config file.
> 
> Pete Dewell
> 
> 
> Mark Shirley wrote:
> 
> > host-notify-by-email
> > /usr/bin/printf \"%b\" \"***** Nagios *****\n\nNotification Type:
> > $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress:
> > $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: $DATETIME$\n\" |
> > /usr/bin/mail -s \"Host $HOSTSTATE$ alert for $HOSTNAME$!\"
> > $CONTACTEMAIL$
> >
> > That is my current host-notify-by-email command.  When a host DOWN
> > event occurs it says it sends the notification but I never recieve
> > one.  Upon further investigating I notice in my mail queue a returned
> > email from my local smtp server stating the following
> >
> > From MAILER-DAEMON Thu Jun 24 13:32:53 2004
> > Return-path: <>
> > Envelope-to: nagios at helpdesk
> > Received: from mail by helpdesk-linux with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian))
> > id 1BdY5l-0002xZ-00
> > for <nagios at helpdesk>; Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:32:53 -0400
> > From: Mail Delivery System <Mailer-Daemon at helpdesk>
> > To: nagios at helpdesk
> > Subject: Mail failure - malformed recipient address
> > Message-Id: <E1BdY5l-0002xZ-00 at helpdesk-linux>
> > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:32:53 -0400
> >
> > A message that you sent contained a recipient address that was incorrectly
> > constructed:
> >
> >   my-host.domain.com!"  unmatched doublequote in local part (expected
> > word or "<")
> >
> > The message has not been delivered to any recipients.
> >
> > ------ This is a copy of your message, including all the headers. ------
> >
> >
> > To: alert, for, my-host.domain.com!", myemail at domain.com, UP
> > Subject: "Host
> >
> > ""*****""Nagios""*****nnNotification""Type:""RECOVERYnHost:""my-host.domain.comnState:""UPnAddress:""1.1.1.1nInfo:""$nnDate/Time:""Thu""Jun""24""13:32:53""EDT""2004n""
> >
> > --------
> > Notice the To: line!
> >
> > It seems as though the line it's sending to `mail` is missing some
> > information.  Could it be that "Host $HOSTSTATE$" is not getting send
> > to it?  I don't really understand how this could be happening.  Is
> > there any other information i can provide to make things easier?
> >
> > 
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