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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=522294914-19072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Here are a couple of things to check. Does your
Nagios server have a valid and matching forward and inverse DNS
entries? Does it use that name in it's SMTP HELO greeting? Is the
mail server on the monitoring system otherwise configured to "follow all of the
rules" when it comes to SMTP? The pager (and SMS) email gateways have
been adding anti-spam measures that can "catch" monitoring systems that aren't
normally mail servers. The inverse DNS requirement affects several of the
gateways, but I don't remember specifically about Metrocall.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=522294914-19072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I would try checking the mail logs on the monitoring system
for clues on why it isn't getting through. If you know enough about the
SMTP protocol, telnetting to port 25 and entering the first few commands by hand
will show any responses if the SMTP logs aren't detailed enough. (Someone
should write an SMTP debugger script to help identify common
issues.)</FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></SPAN>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=522294914-19072006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>This wouldn't be your problem, but for awhile the AT&T
SMS gateway was blocking any messages that had URLs. The mail was accepted
by their server, but just dumped into a black hole. As a workaround, we
modified our notify script to strip the http: using awk. (Cingular has
changed the gateway so I don't know if they still do it. I hope not, since
I plan to replace my phone with a Windows Mobile unit and would sure like to use
URLs from messages.) </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Justin Craig
[mailto:jrcraig.email@gmail.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 19, 2006 7:43
AM<BR><B>To:</B> David Maynard; Nagios Users Mailinglist<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[Nagios-users] host-notify-by-epager<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 7/19/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Justin
Craig</B> <<A
href="mailto:jrcraig.email@gmail.com">jrcraig.email@gmail.com</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV>I can send myself a test page from any email client via @<A
title=http://page.metrocall.com
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://page.metrocall.com/" target=_blank>page.metrocall.com </A>.
So it is working....</DIV>
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<DIV>What's weird is I can relay off localhost (nagios) to my <A
title=http://gmail.com onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://gmail.com/" target=_blank>gmail.com</A> email account.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Why can't my nagios server send outside? I looked at the firewall
and I see the source address coming into the inside interface, but it never
leaves the outside interface, so I need to punch a whole for port
25. I'd rather not do that and just relay off our outbound mail
server. Can anyone help me with that? </DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
<DIV>Justin</DIV><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 7/18/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>David
Maynard</B> <<A title=mailto:dmaynard@outserv.net
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:dmaynard@outserv.net" target=_blank> dmaynard@outserv.net</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Not to
ask a dumb question, but are you sure the @<A
title="http://page.metrocall.com (http://page.metrocall.com/)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://page.metrocall.com/" target=_blank> page.metrocall.com</A>
address is working? We had to reconfig our MetroCall pager
notifications to use @<A title="http://my2way.com (http://my2way.com/)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://my2way.com/" target=_blank> my2way.com</A> awhile back becuase
they broke the Metrocall address.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>FYI, I
just received a notification that they are changing things again on the
weekend of August 11th. They don't mention the metrocall address
working, but the <A title="http://my2way.com (http://my2way.com/)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://my2way.com/" target=_blank>my2way.com</A> is supposed to keep
working. They are also adding one for the new USA Mobility moniker.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> <A
title="mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net (mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net"
target=_blank>nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</A> [mailto:<A
title="mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net (mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net" target=_blank>
nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Justin
Craig<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 18, 2006 11:23 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Nagios
Users Mailinglist<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Nagios-users] host-notify-by-epager
<BR></FONT><BR> </DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I have host-notify-by-epager working correctly with default
commands in misccommands.cfg. host-notify-by-epager is not
working, and looking in system logs I see notification attempts to my pager
at <A
title="mailto:XXXXXXXXXX@page.metrocall.com (mailto:XXXXXXXXXX@page.metrocall.com)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:XXXXXXXXXX@page.metrocall.com"
target=_blank>XXXXXXXXXX@page.metrocall.com</A> is timed out with <A
title="http://mailmx.archwireless.net (http://mailmx.archwireless.net/)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://mailmx.archwireless.net/" target=_blank>mailmx.archwireless.net
</A><BR><BR>Jul 18 11:15:10 nagonet sendmail[11949]: k6IGDAil011947:
to=<<A
title="mailto:5128750223@page.metrocall.com (mailto:5128750223@page.metrocall.com)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:5128750223@page.metrocall.com" target=_blank>
5128750223@page.metrocall.com</A>>, ctladdr=<<A
title="mailto:nagios@nagonet.cpa.state.tx.us (mailto:nagios@nagonet.cpa.state.tx.us)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="mailto:nagios@nagonet.cpa.state.tx.us" target=_blank>
nagios@nagonet.cpa.state.tx.us </A>> (501/501), delay=00:02:00,
xdelay=00:02:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=120546, relay=<A
title="http://mailmx.archwireless.net (http://mailmx.archwireless.net/)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://mailmx.archwireless.net/" target=_blank>
mailmx.archwireless.net</A>. [<A
title="http://147.187.10.95 (http://147.187.10.95/)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://147.187.10.95/" target=_blank>147.187.10.95</A>], dsn=4.0.0,
stat=Deferred: Connection timed out with <A
title="http://mailmx.archwireless.net (http://mailmx.archwireless.net/)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://mailmx.archwireless.net/"
target=_blank>mailmx.archwireless.net</A>.<BR><BR>I can resolve via my
nagios host: <BR><BR>[root@nagonet network]# nslookup<BR>> set
type=mx<BR>> <A
title="http://page.metrocall.com (http://page.metrocall.com/)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://page.metrocall.com/" target=_blank>page.metrocall.com
</A><BR>Server: <A
title="http://192.168.200.18 (http://192.168.200.18/)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://192.168.200.18/"
target=_blank>192.168.200.18</A><BR>Address:
192.168.200.18#53<BR><BR>Non-authoritative answer:<BR><A
title="http://page.metrocall.com (http://page.metrocall.com/)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://page.metrocall.com/"
target=_blank>page.metrocall.com</A> mail
exchanger = 5 <A
title="http://mailmx.archwireless.net (http://mailmx.archwireless.net/)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://mailmx.archwireless.net/"
target=_blank>mailmx.archwireless.net</A>.<BR><BR>Authoritative answers can
be found from:<BR><A
title="http://mailmx.archwireless.net (http://mailmx.archwireless.net/)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://mailmx.archwireless.net/"
target=_blank>mailmx.archwireless.net</A> internet address = <A
title="http://147.187.10.95 (http://147.187.10.95/)"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://147.187.10.95/"
target=_blank>147.187.10.95</A><BR><BR>shouldn't this notification behave
the same way as email. the only difference being that my email address
I have in contacts.cfg is internal and this epager address is
external. I'd like to use local host to send from or I'm also willing
to tell localhost about our outside mailserver. <BR><BR>Anyone have a quick
and easy solution for me :) I'm it's something simple...... I'm
just missing it. <BR clear=all><BR>-- <BR>- Justin
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<DIV>-- <BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=sg>- Justin </SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR
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