also, check if sendmail is running, <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 7:23 AM, Terry Carmen <<a href="mailto:terry@cnysupport.com">terry@cnysupport.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <div class="im"> > Verified in nagios.log, the notification was created but nothing ever shows > up in /var/log/mail. Last time I show something in /var/log/mail, > was Aug 23. </div> What does your etc/objects/commands.cfg notify-service-by-email command definition look like? What does "/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg" say when it runs? Terry -- Terry Carmen CNY Support, LLC Web. Database. Business. <a href="http://www.cnysupport.com" target="_blank">http://www.cnysupport.com</a> </div> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! <a href="http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev" target="_blank">http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev</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 </blockquote></div>