log errors in nagios.log

[Harry de Grote]

sorry to bother you guys/women again,

can someone explain how these logs are possible? what i can do about it?

: 14:58 monitor var/archives ;grep mail2\;imap nagios-*-2005-00.log
nagios-01-16-2005-00.log:[1105544244] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;HARD;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-01-16-2005-00.log:[1105544676] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-01-16-2005-00.log:[1105544885] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;OK;SOFT;2;IMAP OK -   0.010 second response time on port 143 [* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] mail2 IMAP4rev1 2004.350 at Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:45:57 +0100 (NFT)]
nagios-01-16-2005-00.log:[1105616925] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;HARD;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-01-16-2005-00.log:[1105617982] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-01-16-2005-00.log:[1105617995] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;OK;SOFT;2;IMAP OK -   0.035 second response time on port 143 [* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] mail2 IMAP4rev1 2004.350 at Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:06:39 +0100 (NFT)]
nagios-03-20-2005-00.log:[1110796247] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;HARD;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-03-20-2005-00.log:[1110796836] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-03-20-2005-00.log:[1110796847] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;OK;SOFT;2;IMAP OK -   0.008 second response time on port 143 [* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] mail2 IMAP4rev1 2004.350 at Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:40:41 +0100 (NFT)]
nagios-03-20-2005-00.log:[1110797405] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;HARD;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-03-20-2005-00.log:[1110797722] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-03-20-2005-00.log:[1110797757] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;OK;SOFT;2;IMAP OK -   0.007 second response time on port 143 [* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] mail2 IMAP4rev1 2004.350 at Mon, 14 Mar 2005 11:55:24 +0100 (NFT)]
nagios-05-01-2005-00.log:[1114787348] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-05-01-2005-00.log:[1114787380] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;OK;SOFT;2;IMAP OK -   0.017 second response time on port 143 [* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] mail2 IMAP4rev1 2004.350 at Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:09:30 +0200 (DFT)]
nagios-05-01-2005-00.log:[1114789950] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-05-01-2005-00.log:[1114790310] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;OK;SOFT;2;IMAP OK -   0.008 second response time on port 143 [* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] mail2 IMAP4rev1 2004.350 at Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:58:20 +0200 (DFT)]
nagios-05-01-2005-00.log:[1114817238] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-05-01-2005-00.log:[1114817660] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;OK;SOFT;2;IMAP OK -   0.008 second response time on port 143 [* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] mail2 IMAP4rev1 2004.350 at Sat, 30 Apr 2005 01:33:27 +0200 (DFT)]
nagios-05-01-2005-00.log:[1114842438] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-05-01-2005-00.log:[1114842470] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;OK;SOFT;2;IMAP OK -   0.052 second response time on port 143 [* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] mail2 IMAP4rev1 2004.350 at Sat, 30 Apr 2005 08:27:41 +0200 (DFT)]
nagios-05-01-2005-00.log:[1114844289] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-05-01-2005-00.log:[1114844350] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;OK;SOFT;2;IMAP OK -   0.011 second response time on port 143 [* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] mail2 IMAP4rev1 2004.350 at Sat, 30 Apr 2005 08:59:01 +0200 (DFT)]
nagios-05-01-2005-00.log:[1114861604] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-05-01-2005-00.log:[1114861890] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;OK;SOFT;2;IMAP OK -   0.008 second response time on port 143 [* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] mail2 IMAP4rev1 2004.350 at Sat, 30 Apr 2005 13:51:21 +0200 (DFT)]
nagios-05-08-2005-00.log:[1114918221] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-05-08-2005-00.log:[1114918830] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;OK;SOFT;2;IMAP OK -   0.008 second response time on port 143 [* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] mail2 IMAP4rev1 2004.350 at Sun, 1 May 2005 05:40:15 +0200 (DFT)]
nagios-05-08-2005-00.log:[1114932023] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-05-08-2005-00.log:[1114932170] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;OK;SOFT;2;IMAP OK -   0.030 second response time on port 143 [* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] mail2 IMAP4rev1 2004.350 at Sun, 1 May 2005 09:22:39 +0200 (DFT)]
nagios-05-08-2005-00.log:[1114993427] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-05-08-2005-00.log:[1114993879] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;OK;SOFT;2;IMAP OK -   0.007 second response time on port 143 [* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] mail2 IMAP4rev1 2004.350 at Mon, 2 May 2005 02:28:10 +0200 (DFT)]
nagios-06-19-2005-00.log:[1118670395] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;CRITICAL;HARD;1;Socket timeout after 10 seconds
nagios-06-19-2005-00.log:[1118670529] SERVICE ALERT: mail2;imap;OK;HARD;1;IMAP OK -   0.007 second response time on port 143 [* OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4REV1 LITERAL+ SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS AUTH=LOGIN] mail2 IMAP4rev1 2004.350 at Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:48:24 +0200 (DFT)]

so... i get a service down for half a year!!!

this was certainly NOT the case ;)
is it me, am i doing something terribly wrong here?

thanks in advance!

-- 
harry
aka Rik Bobbaers

K.U.Leuven - LUDIT          -=- Tel: +32 485 52 71 50
Rik.Bobbaers at cc.kuleuven.be -=- http://harry.ulyssis.org

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