Monitoring a mail server

[C. Bensend]

> Depending upon what you want to check, there are many solutions. I'm not
> familiar with Amavisd, so I can't say for certain.  However it seems that
> you may to look at: check_smtp, check_mailq, check_proc, and check_tcp
> (among others).  You can even write your own quickly. I'm not sure I
> understand, but check_tcp will notify you if it is down.
>
>>
>> >I want to monitor Amavisd on localhost port 10024 with check_tcp, but
>> if
>> > Amavisd is down, the notification will not make it. How can I monitor
>> a
>> > localhost port?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Robert

C'mon, people, pay attention to his question.  :)  Here is the way
I understand his problem (Robert, please correct me if I'm smokin'
the crack here):

His mailserver is on the Nagios host.  It uses amavisd.

He can monitor it via check_tcp, but if amavisd is not functional,
_he's not going to get the email alert._  Because his email isn't
going to work.

So I think what he's asking, is how to get the alert to him, if his
email system is not fully functional.

If this is correct, he could look at using a modem to page, or
an email alert sent directly to a remote SMTP gateway, or any
number of things.

Robert, is this the problem you're trying to get across?

Benny


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