I have a Nagios box running and alerting great. I just added a new Hostgroup and the host/service I just added shows down in Nagios (the service IS really down), but I dont get email alerts like I do for the rest of the hosts that are in different hostgroups. I can't figure out why this is not throwing email alerts like all the others. The device is a Cisco ASA forewall, but I'm starting with only simple pings, so the device should not matter. <a href="mailto:chrisserafin@gmail.com">chrisserafin@gmail.com</a> Configs below: define service{ name windows-service ; The 'name' of this service template active_checks_enabled 1 ; Active service checks are enabled passive_checks_enabled 1 ; Passive service checks are enabled/accepted parallelize_check 1 & nbsp; ; Active service checks should be parallelized (disabling this can lead to major performance problems) obsess_over_service 1 ; We should obsess over this service (if necessary) check_freshness 0 ; Default is to NOT check service 'freshness' notifications_enabled 1 ; Service notifications are enabled event_handler_enabled 1 ; Service event handler is enabled flap_detection_enabled 1 &n bsp; ; Flap detection is enabled failure_prediction_enabled 1 ; Failure prediction is enabled process_perf_data 1 ; Process performance data retain_status_information 1 &nbs p; ; Retain status information across program restarts retain_nonstatus_information 1 ; Retain non-status information across program restarts is_volatile 0 ; The service is not volatile register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A TEMPLATE! check_period 24x7 ; The service can be checked at any time of the day max_check_attempts 4 ; Re-check the service up to 4 times in order to determine its final (hard) state normal_check_interval 5 ; Check the service every 5 minutes under normal conditions retry_check_interval 1 ; Re-check the service every minute until a hard state can be determined contact_groups admins ; Notifications get sent out to everyone in the 'admins' group notification_options w,u,c,r ; Send notifications about warning, unknown, critical, and recovery events notification_interval 120 ; Re-notify about service problems every hour notification_period 24x7 ; Notifications can be sent out at any time } ----------------HOSTGROUP.CFG------------ define hostgroup{ hostgroup_name XXX alias XXX Enterprises Network members XXX_Chicago_ASA } ----------------XXX_Chicago_ASA----------- define host{ use windows-servers ; Name of host template to use host_name XXX_Chicago_ASA alias XXX_Chicago_ASA address ???.217.120.10 } define service{ use windows-service ; Name of service template to use host_name XXX_Chicago_ASA service_description PING check_command check_ping!100.0,20%!300.0,60% }