Stephen, Thanks for the quick response. Following are the info. define host { use generic-host host_name WebsenseFilterServer1 alias WebsenseFilterServer1 - Wilton Woods NOC address <a href="http://10.31.47.13">10.31.47.13</a> parents DC-MSFC } define host{ name generic-host notifications_enabled 1 event_handler_enabled 1 flap_detection_enabled 1 process_perf_data 1 retain_status_information 1 retain_nonstatus_information 1 check_command check-host-alive max_check_attempts 20 notification_interval 60 notification_period 24x7 contact_groups John notification_options d,u,r register 0 } define service{ name generic-service active_checks_enabled 1 passive_checks_enabled 1 parallelize_check 1 obsess_over_service 1 check_freshness 0 notifications_enabled 1 event_handler_enabled 1 flap_detection_enabled 1 process_perf_data 1 retain_status_information 1 retain_nonstatus_information 1 is_volatile 0 check_period 24x7 max_check_attempts 3 normal_check_interval 5 retry_check_interval 1 notification_interval 120 notification_period 24x7 notification_options c,r contact_groups John register define service{ use generic-service host_name WebsenseFilterServer1 service_description check_WebsenseFilteringService check_command check_WebsenseFilteringService!public!"websense filtering service" } # 'notify-by-email' command definition - good define command{ command_name notify-by-email command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "Ladies and Gentlemen $SERVICEDESC$ for $HOSTNAME$ is $SERVICESTATE$ at this time\n\nNotificatio n Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDAT ETIME$\n\nAdditional Info: $SERVICEOUTPUT$\nComments: $SERVICEACKCOMMENT$\nAuthor: $SERVICEACKAUTHOR$" | /bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - $HOSTNAME$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$ } [1182517451] SERVICE NOTIFICATION: john;WebsenseFilterServer1;check_WebsenseFilteringService;CRITICAL;notify-by-email;EIMServer.exe: not running Thanks, -john <div>On 6/22/07, Valdinger, Stephen (DOV, MSX) <<a href="mailto:svalding@doverchem.com">svalding@doverchem.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-US"> <div> Can you post your log files so we can read them? There could be a number of things wrong. Also, please include the host/service definition commands so we can take a look at them. Could be something as simple as a typo. <div> Stephen Valdinger MIS Helpdesk Coordinator Dover Chemical Corporation 3676 Davis Rd NW Dover, OH 44622 330-365-3622 <a href="mailto:stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">stephen.valdinger@doverchem.com </a> </div> <div> <div style="text-align: center;" align="center"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </div> From: John Duraisw [mailto:<a href="mailto:john.duraiswamy@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">john.duraiswamy@gmail.com</a>] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 9:32 AM To: <a href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> Subject: [Nagios-users] Nagios-Windows 2003 </div> Hello Everyone, I've been trying to monitor some services on windows 2003(SP2) using snmp plugins with nagios 2.9, everything is working fine on the monitoring side. When the service goes down the GUI turns RED but I don't get any notifications all though the nagios GUI says the notifations has been sent out. All the other notifications gets sent properly. I this something to do with windows 2003 ? Any ideas please? Thanks, -john </div> </div> </blockquote></div>