<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=468523201-03032004><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Hi all ,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468523201-03032004><FONT face=Verdana size=1></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468523201-03032004><FONT face=Verdana size=1>I have been trying to look at the option available in check_ping and check_host_alive command that will enable me to do this. Basically all I want is that Nagios to notify me "once" only when the machine is down and will "only" send me another notification email when the machine is back alive.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468523201-03032004><FONT face=Verdana size=1></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468523201-03032004><FONT face=Verdana size=1>As I don't want it to keep repeating the notification again and again during the down period.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468523201-03032004><FONT face=Verdana size=1></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468523201-03032004><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Is there any parameters in the config files [either hosts.cfg or services.cfg] that will let me do that ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468523201-03032004><FONT face=Verdana size=1></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468523201-03032004><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Thanks</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468523201-03032004><FONT face=Verdana size=1></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=468523201-03032004><FONT face=Verdana size=1>Jack</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>