Monitoring SMTP Authentication

Assaf Flatto nagios at flatto.net
Sun May 2 21:04:19 CEST 2010


Stephen H. Dawson wrote:
> Hi,
>  
>
> We have a Nagios server setup to send mail through our ISP's email 
> server.  The ISP uses SMTP authentication.  The ISP has been pretty 
> flakey lately in keeping their email server up and running, to send 
> emails for their customers, in this geographic region.
>  
> We would like to setup a Nagios check to watch the 
> SMTP authentication.  Sometimes they change their ports...among other 
> problems.  If we can get a check running, we can see the alert in the 
> Nagios GUI that there is a problem, though we (of course) would not 
> receive the email that there is a problem.
>  
> Not sure where to start with this check.  Looking for best practices 
> and, hopefully, a code example.
>  
>
> Thank You,
> SHD
Try starting here:

http://nagiosplugins.org/man/check_smtp

This my give you all the details and ways to do what you need

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