Nagios doesn't send mail!

Marc Powell marc at ena.com
Thu Mar 9 18:20:03 CET 2006


http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/configmain.html#enable_notificati
ons

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/xodtemplate.html#host
(notification_* settings)

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/xodtemplate.html#service
(notification_* settings)

http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/1_0/xodtemplate.html#contact
(notification settings)

--
Marc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-
> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of gmourani at privalodc.com
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 9:29 AM
> To: Frank, Jason
> Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Nagios doesn't send mail!
> 
> Hello Frank,
> 
> > Do you seeing it trying to send a notification in the log file?
> No, the log file (nagios.log) doesn't show any notification, I can see
> other info like service alert but nothing about email send
notification.
> 
> > Perhaps you've configured it not to send emails.
> How/where can I check for this?
> 
> Gerhard,
> 
> > Do you seeing it trying to send a notification in the log file?
Perhaps
> > you've configured it not to send emails.
> >
> > Jason
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
> > [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of
> > gmourani at privalodc.com
> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 9:16 AM
> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > Subject: [Nagios-users] Nagios doesn't send mail!
> >
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I'm using nagios 1.2 and it's working fine except the fact that it
> > doens't send mail when servicegoes down! I can see on the web
interface
> > that the service is down (red) but I don't get emailed on my phone
or
> > email address.
> >
> > The mail program is working on the server, I can use command like
> > "sendmail name at domain.com < /tmp/testmail.txt" and receive the
email, I
> > can also use /bin/mail -s to send mail via the terminal and I
receive
> > it, therefore /bin/mail and /usr/sbin/sendmail work. I know that
Nagios
> > use /bin/mail to send alert because that is what is used and
configured
> > inside the misscommand.cfg file. So I don't understand why Nagios
> > doesn't alert me when hosts or service goes down.
> >
> > Somebody has an idea? Thanks.
> >



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