Mail notification problem

[Toonz IT]

Thanks Gerald for the link, we thought sendmail was being used in FAN.

will check and update at the earliest.

regards
Ananth.

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Ortner, Gerald <Gerald.Ortner at gespag.at>wrote:

>  Hi,
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> http://fannagioscd.sourceforge.net/drupal/?q=node/10   ?
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> gerald
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> *Von:* Toonz IT [mailto:it.toonz at gmail.com]
> *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 17. August 2010 15:22
> *An:* nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> *Betreff:* [Nagios-users] Mail notification problem
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> Hi Allan,
>
> Thanks for writing... our test environment is as follows.
>
> Server is Windows 2003 Server with 2GB RAM, we downloaded Fully Automated
> Nagios from http://fannagioscd.sourceforge.net/drupal/
>
> Using VMPlayer we created a new virtual machine and installed using the fan
> iso image.
>
> Nagios version 3.0.6.
>
> After full installation we set up IP, routes and dns and access using the
> web interface.
>
> Installed NSClient++ in 2 windows servers and edited the nsc.ini file also.
>
> edited the nagios.cfg file and windows.cfg
>
> we entered the mail address for notification to be send to in contacts.cfg
> file. the mail id is an intranet id and is in the same network as the nagios
> ipaddr. is there any other file where we have to enter smtp settings and
> all... we haven't set the mail server settings anywhere couldn't find where
> that has to be set!! mail server ip is 192.168.3.240 and nagios server ip is
> 192.18.3.241.
>
> and when we give nagios verification we get the below error. telnet also
> resulted in connection refused.
>
> we strongly suspect that mail settings are not complete.. but donno where
> to enter those details. the only entry we made is adding
> sysadmin at toonz.com in contacts.cfg file. nowhere we have entered the mail
> server ipaddress!!
>
> Please advice.... after this we have more queries!!! :-)
>
> ananth.
>
>
> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:51:17 -0700
> From: Allan Clark <allanc at chickenandporn.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Mail sending issue.
> To: Nagios Users List <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
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> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:10, IT at Toonz <it.toonz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We are testing with "Fully Automated Nagios". Have installed and started
> >
> > ??? monitoring 2 Windows 2003 servers. But we can't get notification to
> > work.
> >
> > When we certify Nagios installation we get the following error
> >
> > send-mail: fatal: config variable inet_interfaces: host not found: local
> > host
> >
> > ??? What does "notify-host-by-mail" mean? Is the notification send to
> host
> > only.
> >
> > ??? How can we make FAN send mails?
> >
> > ??? We have an internal mail server, and are trying to send notifications
> to
> > an
> >
> > ??? ID there. Connectivity is fine, have entered the id in contacts.cfg
> > file.
> >
> > ??? We have installed NSClient++ in these servers, but the host server,
> > shows
> >
> > ??? connection refused, there is no firewall!
>
> It might help if you shared:
> 1) your Nagios config (all of it)
> 2) your email config
> 3) the result of a test by telnetting to your mailserver and faking a
> mail transaction similar to what you're trying to do.
>
> This might seem fairly intuitive to some, but not to others, so I'm
> explicitly suggesting.  In general, detail is useful -- if you're
> afraid to spam a maillist that reaches thousands, then simply provide
> the same detail at a URL where it can be downloaded, and just give the
> URL in your message.
>
> NOT providing detail merely means people may have to ask for it --
> ultimately delaying your solution -- or waste time guessing.
>
> As Dave Stern points out, it might not be a Nagios problem if your
> mail server -- for whatever reason -- won't let the nagios user or the
> Nagios server box send a message... ie it's not Nagios' issue if the
> mailserver refuses, regardless what attempts are made.
>
> Please ensure you have your mailserver administrator onboard with what
> you're doing.
>
> If the collection of this background data and discussion with your
> mailserver admin resolves the issue, please let us know :)
>
> Allan
> --
> allanc at chickenandporn.com? "??" http://linkedin.com/in/goldfish
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