Notify-by-email on Solaris 8 doesn't populate the subject

[Joe Rhett]

Use mailx instead.

On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 10:03:10AM -0700, Narayanasamy, Sundar wrote:
> I am using the standard mail that comes with Solaris 8. On my box, it still sends the mail but with no subject. When I did 'man mail', I couldn't figure it out.
> 
> Do I have any other option?
> 
> Sundar
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Costelloe [mailto:philc at foundation-it.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:14 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] Notify-by-email on Solaris 8 doesn't
> populate the subject
> 
> 
> Narayanasamy, Sundar wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Whenever I get a warning or error notification from my Nagios
> > installation on my Solaris box, it comes with empty subject
> > line. How do I fix it?
> > 
> > This is what I have
> > 
> > # 'notify-by-email' command definition
> > define command{
> >         command_name    notify-by-email
> >         command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios
> > *****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVIC
> > EDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState:
> > $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $DATETIME$\n\nAdditional
> > Info:\n\n$OUTP UT$" | /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$
> > alert - $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **"
> > $CONTACTEMAIL$         } 
> 
> There isn't a -s option to the standard mail program on Solaris 8, in
> fact that command (generically - printf "body" | mail -s "subject"
> someuser) errors rather than sending a mail when I try it. Is mail the
> standard Sun version?
> 
> Phil
> 
> 
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