Monitoring a mail server

[Robert Fitzpatrick]

On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 21:38 -0600, C. Bensend wrote:
> 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?
> 

Yes, you got it, but how do I send an email alert sent directly to a
remote SMTP gateway?

-- 
Robert
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Robert



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