Monitoring SMTP Authentication
Assaf Flatto
nagios at flatto.net
Sun May 2 21:04:19 CEST 2010
Stephen H. Dawson wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> We have a Nagios server setup to send mail through our ISP's email
> server. The ISP uses SMTP authentication. The ISP has been pretty
> flakey lately in keeping their email server up and running, to send
> emails for their customers, in this geographic region.
>
> We would like to setup a Nagios check to watch the
> SMTP authentication. Sometimes they change their ports...among other
> problems. If we can get a check running, we can see the alert in the
> Nagios GUI that there is a problem, though we (of course) would not
> receive the email that there is a problem.
>
> Not sure where to start with this check. Looking for best practices
> and, hopefully, a code example.
>
>
> Thank You,
> SHD
Try starting here:
http://nagiosplugins.org/man/check_smtp
This my give you all the details and ways to do what you need
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