<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1>To clarify- <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>1. Mail notification via Nagios is is configured in your Nagios configuration files, no SMTP info is necessary - Nagios expects a working local SMTP relay for such configurations to actually work.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>2. Your nagios server can indeed be set up to relay mail to a specific SMTP server via the mail server software's configuration files (I.e Postfix/Sendmail, etc etc).<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p>From: Yueh-Hung Liu [mailto:yuehung.liu@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 9:04 AM To: Nagios Users List Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] SMTP server update<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><div><o:p> </o:p></div>mail notification is done by commands defined in your Nagios' configuration files.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><o:p> </o:p><div>if you can send mail from the server that Nagios is installed on, you don't need to specify SMTP or whatever anymore.<o:p></o:p></div><div><o:p> </o:p><div><o:p> </o:p><div>On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Network Operation Center FMC Luxemburg <<a href="mailto:NOC@eurofmc.com">NOC@eurofmc.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p><div>Dear list, Is it possible to specify to Nagios wich SMTP server it have to use for sending alert mails? Thanks a lot Francois<o:p></o:p><div>-- Network Operation Center <img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="?ui=2&ik=e201e67098&view=att&th=12d9319132fdb24d&attid=0.0.1.1&disp=emb&zw"> LUXEMBURG <o:p></o:p>E-mail: <a href="mailto:NOC@eurofmc.com" target="_blank">NOC@eurofmc.com</a> -------------------------------------------------------------------- <o:p></o:p><pre>DISCLAIMER: This e-mail contains proprietary information some or all<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>of which may be legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail. If you<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>are not the intended recipient you must not use, copy, distribute,<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>disclose, print, or rely on this e-mail.<o:p></o:p></pre></div></div> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. <a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl" target="_blank">http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl</a> _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list <a href="mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a> <a href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users" target="_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</a> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null<o:p></o:p></div><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></body></html>