host "down" (when it's not really)

[Patrick Morris]

Hi Rogelio!

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007, Rogelio Bastardo wrote:

> I am checking various mail servers for only two things:
> (1) smtp works (check_smtp)
> (2) are they black listed (check_spamcop)
> 
> The hosts appear "down" due to Nagios trying to ping them.  Inbound IMCP is
> obviously not allowed on these types of hosts.
> 
> How can I turn off the ping option and only check for those two things?

Pretty simple stuff, really -- if you want to keep a host check, you
need to use one that *can* tell if the host is up or down.  In your
case, maybe check_smtp would work.

There's no rule that says a host check has to be an ICMP ping.

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