Monitoring a mail server

[Toto Capuccino]

I use nullmailer but it cant run on the same box as the one that runs amvisd

2006/2/1, Robert Fitzpatrick <lists at webtent.net>:
>
> On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 21:38 -0600, C. Bensend wrote:
> > His mailserver is on the Nagios host.  It uses amavisd.
> >
> > He can monitor it via check_tcp, but if amavisd is not functional,
> > _he's not going to get the email alert._  Because his email isn't
> > going to work.
> >
> > So I think what he's asking, is how to get the alert to him, if his
> > email system is not fully functional.
> >
> > If this is correct, he could look at using a modem to page, or
> > an email alert sent directly to a remote SMTP gateway, or any
> > number of things.
> >
> > Robert, is this the problem you're trying to get across?
> >
>
> Yes, you got it, but how do I send an email alert sent directly to a
> remote SMTP gateway?
>
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