SMTP Critical but SMTP is working

[Subhendu Ghosh]

Marc had the right solution.  In the latest CVS check_smtp in add the "-f 
from_addr at host" option to compltee the SMTP conversation.

-sg

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Val Vechnyak wrote:

> Re: [Nagios-users] SMTP Critical but SMTP is workingI downloaded and
> copied over the newest check_smtp file (v. 1.6) from CVS tree.  
> Recompiled and installed but it did not help.  I cant figure out what it
> is :( From the same machine that I am running the nagios on I can telnet
> into my domino mail server on port 25 and then quit - without any
> problem.  What could it be?
> 
> VV
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Marc Powell 
>   To: val at volkai.com ; nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net 
>   Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 6:48 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] SMTP Critical but SMTP is working
> 
> 
>   I believe there is a fix for this in the plugins cvs. I know we've
> covered it before. Some MTAs expect QUIT\r and some expect QUIT\r\n.
> It's a fairly straightforward modification to check_smtp.c as sending
> \r\n all the time doesn't break anything. That's my recollection of the
> problem and resolution.
> 
>   M
> 
> 
> 
>   --
>   Marc
> 
>   Sent from a very tiny wireless device with a very tiny unlit keyboard.
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Val Vechnyak <val at volkai.com>
>   To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
>   Sent: Mon Oct 28 16:37:15 2002
>   Subject: [Nagios-users] SMTP Critical but SMTP is working
> 
>   Hello,
> 
>   I am running latest beta of Nagios on my RH7.3 box and here is what I get from check_smtp
> 
>   ./check_smtp mail.nycity.com  
>   SMTP OK - 0 second response time
>   Socket timeout after 10 seconds
> 
>   Mail runs on Domino and IS working fine.  Domino also runs on Linux
> RH7.3.  I am not sure if this is related to a misconfigured Domino or
> nagios is not seeing something.
> 
>   P.S. It works against a sendmail server on the same network.
> 
>   Thank you very much in advance.
> 
>   VV
> 
> 

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