TXT Message a sell phone
Joe Jackson
jdbigg at gmail.com
Fri Feb 24 23:56:16 CET 2006
Guys,
I am using send mail, what must i do to configure send mail......Never
delt with it before.
On 2/24/06, jeff vier <boinger at tradingtechnologies.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 15:30 -0600, Joe Jackson wrote:
> > Jeff,
> > What i mean is that, Nagios will send mail to my internal Exchange
> > address, however it wont send to any address outside of my internal
> > domain.
>
> your mail server has to allow relaying from your Nagios server.
>
> >
> > On 2/24/06, Joe Jackson <jdbigg at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is it permitted? Yes
> >
> > Is it configured to do so? Most likley not.
> >
> > I am not new to Linux however i am not that versed in it, so i
> > need to know what i need to configure in this Linux box to
> > make it relay through Exchange. If you guys can't tell me (do
> > to rules/restrictions on this list) please tell me where i can
> > find it.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Joe
> >
> > On 2/24/06, Paul Lathrop <plathrop at squaretrade.com> wrote:
> > Joe,
> >
> > The problem you are having lies *outside* of Nagios.
> > You need to
> > configure the local system (where Nagios is installed)
> > to properly send
> > oubound mail through the Exchange server.
> >
> > Joe Jackson wrote:
> > > Derek,
> > > That is pretty much what i though, but i guess i
> > have something goofed up.
> > > It will send mail enternal to our domain/exchange
> > server, but nothing out
> > > side of our domain, (i.e. Vtext.com). Is there a way
> > inside Nagios to tell
> > > it to send all out bound mail through our Exchange
> > server?
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/24/06, Derek J. Balling < deballing at vassar.edu>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >>Well, if you're just trying to send it via e-mail,
> > you can send it
> > >>like any other e-mail message. Nagios basically
> > injects its e-mail
> > >>into its local MTA on that box, which is configured
> > however you set
> > >>it up (and that's a little outside the scope of this
> > list, but
> > >>relaying to offsite domains like Verizon should be a
> > factory config
> > >>pretty much).
> > >>
> > >>cheers,
> > >>D
> > >>
> > >>On Feb 24, 2006, at 3:13 PM, Joe Jackson wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>Derek,
> > >>> Thanks for your comments. I think you pretty much
> > understand what
> > >>>I am trying to do, but just to clarify; I would
> > like to be able to
> > >>>send messages to cell phones..Right, well our
> > corporate cell
> > >>>carrier is Virizon, if you don't already know, you
> > can send an SMS
> > >>>text message to a Verizon cell phone by sending an
> > SMTP e-mail to
> > >>>the phone number like this: (cell Phone-Number)@
> > vtext.com, now is
> > >>>there a way to make Nagios send mail to that
> > number? I noticed that
> > >>>there is no where in Nagios (unless i missed it
> > some where) to
> > >>>setup SMTP gateway information, so sending e-mail
> > to outside e-mail
> > >>>addresses isn't possible, please correct if i am
> > wrong.
> > >>>
> > >>>Thanks,
> > >>>Joe
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>On 2/24/06, Derek J. Balling <deballing at vassar.edu>
> > wrote: Cell
> > >>>Phone != Alphanumeric Pager
> > >>>
> > >>>Lots of cell providers simply don't provide IXO/TAP
> > service.
> > >>>
> > >>>And, as you point out, e-mailing to an e-mail
> > address is all well and
> > >>>good unless your report is "Core Router Down", then
> > you might find
> > >>>out about it, several times, after you've repaired
> > it. :-)
> > >>>
> > >>>You want to investigate using enterprise-level SMS
> > services. We're in
> > >>>the process right now of doing some of that
> > research ourselves, and
> > >>>so would be interested to hear from others.
> > >>>
> > >>>D
> > >>>
> > >>>On Feb 24, 2006, at 3:02 PM, Andrew Cruse wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>From the FAQ:
> > http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?
> > >>>>faq_id=113&expand=false&showdesc=false
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> How can I have notifications sent to an
> > alphanumeric pager?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>There are two ways you can do this.
> > >>>>If your paging company has an email-pager gateway,
> > you can simply
> > >>>>have Nagios send an email message to your pager
> > address. An example
> > >>>>of this type of address might look like:
> > >>>
> > >>>pageme at somepagingcompany.com.
> > >>>
> > >>>>You should note that sending notifications through
> > email might fail
> > >>>>if SMTP or DNS services are down or if your
> > connection to the
> > >>>>greater Internet is down. An alternative to
> > sending pager messages
> > >>>>through an email gateway would be to hook a modem
> > up to your
> > >>>>monitoring host and have Nagios dial out through
> > the modem and send
> > >>>>the message using the TAP (IXO) protocol. There
> > are several
> > >>>>programs that can do this for you on *NIX systems.
> > Two popular ones
> > >>>>seem to be Sendpage and QuickPage.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Andrew
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> > [mailto: nagios-
> > >>>
> > >>>users-
> > >>>
> > >>>>admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Joe
> > Jackson
> > >>>>Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 2:56 PM
> > >>>>To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > >>>>Subject: [Nagios-users] TXT Message a sell phone
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Is there a way to make Nagios send text messages
> > to a cell phone?
> > >>>
> > >>>--
> > >>>
> > >>>Derek J. Balling
> > >>>Systems Administrator
> > >>>Vassar College
> > >>>124 Raymond Ave
> > >>>Box 13 - Computer Center 221
> > >>>Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
> > >>>(845) 437-7231
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>--
> > >>
> > >>Derek J. Balling
> > >>Systems Administrator
> > >>Vassar College
> > >>124 Raymond Ave
> > >>Box 13 - Computer Center 221
> > >>Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
> > >>(845) 437-7231
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
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