TXT Message a sell phone

[Joe Jackson]

Jeff,
  What i mean is that, Nagios will send mail to my internal Exchange
address, however it wont send to any address outside of my internal domain.


On 2/24/06, Joe Jackson <jdbigg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is it permitted? Yes
>
> Is it configured to do so? Most likley not.
>
> I am not new to Linux however i am not that versed in it, so i need to
> know what i need to configure in this Linux box to make it relay through
> Exchange. If you guys can't tell me (do to rules/restrictions on this list)
> please tell me where i can find it.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
>  On 2/24/06, Paul Lathrop <plathrop at squaretrade.com> wrote:
> >
> > Joe,
> >
> > The problem you are having lies *outside* of Nagios. You need to
> > configure the local system (where Nagios is installed) to properly send
> > oubound mail through the Exchange server.
> >
> > Joe Jackson wrote:
> > > Derek,
> > >   That is pretty much what i though, but i guess i have something
> > goofed up.
> > > It will send mail enternal to our domain/exchange server, but nothing
> > out
> > > side of our domain, (i.e. Vtext.com <http://vtext.com/>). Is there a
> > way inside Nagios to tell
> > > it to send all out bound mail through our Exchange server?
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2/24/06, Derek J. Balling < deballing at vassar.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Well, if you're just trying to send it via e-mail, you can send it
> > >>like any other e-mail message. Nagios basically injects its e-mail
> > >>into its local MTA on that box, which is configured however you set
> > >>it up (and that's a little outside the scope of this list, but
> > >>relaying to offsite domains like Verizon should be a factory config
> > >>pretty much).
> > >>
> > >>cheers,
> > >>D
> > >>
> > >>On Feb 24, 2006, at 3:13 PM, Joe Jackson wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>Derek,
> > >>>  Thanks for your comments. I think you pretty much understand what
> > >>>I am trying to do, but just to clarify; I would like to be able to
> > >>>send messages to cell phones..Right, well our corporate cell
> > >>>carrier is Virizon, if you don't already know, you can send an SMS
> > >>>text message to a Verizon cell phone by sending an SMTP e-mail to
> > >>>the phone number like this: (cell Phone-Number)@ vtext.com, now is
> > >>>there a way to make Nagios send mail to that number? I noticed that
> > >>>there is no where in Nagios (unless i missed it some where) to
> > >>>setup SMTP gateway information, so sending e-mail to outside e-mail
> > >>>addresses isn't possible, please correct if i am wrong.
> > >>>
> > >>>Thanks,
> > >>>Joe
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>On 2/24/06, Derek J. Balling <deballing at vassar.edu> wrote: Cell
> > >>>Phone != Alphanumeric Pager
> > >>>
> > >>>Lots of cell providers simply don't provide IXO/TAP service.
> > >>>
> > >>>And, as you point out, e-mailing to an e-mail address is all well and
> >
> > >>>good unless your report is "Core Router Down", then you might find
> > >>>out about it, several times, after you've repaired it. :-)
> > >>>
> > >>>You want to investigate using enterprise-level SMS services. We're in
> >
> > >>>the process right now of doing some of that research ourselves, and
> > >>>so would be interested to hear from others.
> > >>>
> > >>>D
> > >>>
> > >>>On Feb 24, 2006, at 3:02 PM, Andrew Cruse wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>From the FAQ: http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php?
> > >>>>faq_id=113&expand=false&showdesc=false
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> How can I have notifications sent to an alphanumeric pager?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>There are two ways you can do this.
> > >>>>If your paging company has an email-pager gateway, you can simply
> > >>>>have Nagios send an email message to your pager address. An example
> > >>>>of this type of address might look like:
> > >>>
> > >>> pageme at somepagingcompany.com.
> > >>>
> > >>>>You should note that sending notifications through email might fail
> > >>>>if SMTP or DNS services are down or if your connection to the
> > >>>>greater Internet is down. An alternative to sending pager messages
> > >>>>through an email gateway would be to hook a modem up to your
> > >>>>monitoring host and have Nagios dial out through the modem and send
> > >>>>the message using the TAP (IXO) protocol. There are several
> > >>>>programs that can do this for you on *NIX systems. Two popular ones
> > >>>>seem to be Sendpage and QuickPage.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Andrew
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto: nagios-
> > >>>
> > >>>users-
> > >>>
> > >>>>admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Joe Jackson
> > >>>>Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 2:56 PM
> > >>>>To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > >>>>Subject: [Nagios-users] TXT Message a sell phone
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Is there a way to make Nagios send text messages to a cell phone?
> > >>>
> > >>>--
> > >>>
> > >>>Derek J. Balling
> > >>>Systems Administrator
> > >>>Vassar College
> > >>>124 Raymond Ave
> > >>>Box 13 - Computer Center 221
> > >>>Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
> > >>>(845) 437-7231
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>--
> > >>
> > >>Derek J. Balling
> > >>Systems Administrator
> > >>Vassar College
> > >>124 Raymond Ave
> > >>Box 13 - Computer Center 221
> > >>Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
> > >>(845) 437-7231
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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