Email Notifications missing $DATETIME$ and $OUTPUT$

[Lawrence, Lynne]

Though these macros are valid for Nagios 1.x, they do not appear to be
supported for Nagios 2.x.  If using Nagios 2.x, consult the doc on
macros.

Regards,

Lynne Lawrence 
QSS/USCG 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net 
> [mailto:nagios-users-admin at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf 
> Of Rex Chan
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:46 AM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Nagios-users] Email Notifications missing 
> $DATETIME$ and $OUTPUT$
> 
> Hi, I was wondering if anybody has encountered this problem with 
> notifications before,
> and know what is causing it.
> 
> These variables appear on the nagios web interface, but  nagios seems 
> to have a problem putting them into the email.
> 
> The notification command is the default notify-by-email command:
> 
> define command {
>                  command_name                    notify-by-email
>                  command_line                    /usr/bin/printf "%b" 
> "***** Nagios  *****\n\nNotification Type: 
> $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService: $SERVICEDESC$\nHost: 
> $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState: 
> $SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $DATETIME$\n\nAdditional 
> Info:\n\n$OUTPUT$" | /usr/bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert - 
> $HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$
> }
> 
> Here is an example of the emails that are missing the information.
> 
> ***** Nagios  *****
> 
> Notification Type: RECOVERY
> 
> Service: check-backups
> Host: office network server
> Address:
> State: OK
> 
> Date/Time: $
> 
> Additional Info:
> 
> $
> 
> 
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