nagios not notifying by email [RESOLVED]

[Ryan Wilcox]

for some reason, my sendmail server had lost its settings and was
queuing up all the notifications. once i resolved the sendmail problem,
the flood gates opened up.

another great example of doing the *proper* research before hand...
would have been a good move on my part.


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jeff vier [mailto:boinger at tradingtechnologies.com]
>> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:43 PM
>> To: Ryan Wilcox
>> Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email [RESOLVED]
>> 
>> On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 15:30 -0600, Ryan Wilcox wrote:
>> > error existed between chair and keyboard... thanks for your
suggestions
>> > marc, it made me think of something that i didn't check before my
>> > inquiry.
>> 
>> what was it, for people searching the archives in the future?
>> 
>> 
>> > >> -----Original Message-----
>> > >> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:nagios-users-
>> > >> admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Marc Powell
>> > >> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 1:53 PM
>> > >> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> > >> Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> > -----Original Message-----
>> > >> > From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net
>> > [mailto:nagios-users-
>> > >> > admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Ryan Wilcox
>> > >> > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:36 AM
>> > >> > To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> > >> > Subject: RE: [Nagios-users] nagios not notifying by email
>> > >> >
>> > >> > I am having a similar type problem... I have searched around,
>> > didn't
>> > >> > find anything that was exactly the same. Here are my settings:
>> > >> >
>> > >> > enable_notifications=1
>> > >> > retain_state_information=1
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Notifications were working fine in our 1.x build, after I
upgraded
>> > to
>> > >> > 2.x my email, pager, etc., notifications stopped working.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Viewing my event log, I see that the notifications are
actually
>> > >> getting
>> > >> > logged, however they are not being sent to the recipients.
>> Thinking
>> > >> > about this more, it sounds like a linux problem not my nagios
>> > configs?
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> > >>
>> > >> What have you tried to diagnose or correct the problem before
coming
>> > >> here?
>> > >>
>> > >> It appears that your host and service definitions are probably
OK if
>> > >> you're seeing notification attempts in nagios.log.
>> > >>
>> > >> Did you verify you're using the correct (new) macros in your
>> > >> notification command?
>> > >>
>> > >> Have you tried running your notification command from the
command
>> > line
>> > >> as the nagios user, substituting in appropriate text for the
macros?
>> > >> What happens?
>> > >>
>> > >> Have you looked in your mail server logs to determine if it sees
the
>> > >> notification attempt? Queues the mail? Attempts to deliver it?
>> > Bounces
>> > >> it?
>> > >>
>> > >> Have you tried 'echo'ing your notification command to a file to
>> > verify
>> > >> that it has the correct syntax and format?



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