Notifications Not Going Out - How can I test?

[Richard Solid]

I have everything configured and working with nagios except the
notifications. How can I fully test this?

Mail is found in the path and I can send emails manually from the machine to
the outside.

[root@]# whereis mail
mail: /bin/mail

This is the contact.cfg

define contact{
        contact_name                    admin
        alias                                  Nagios Admin
        service_notification_period     24x7
        host_notification_period        24x7
        service_notification_options    w,u,c,r,f,n
        host_notification_options       d,r
        service_notification_commands   notify-by-email
        host_notification_commands      host-notify-by-email
        email                           myemail at domain.tld
        }


This is the definition for emails:

define command{
        command_name    notify-by-email
        command_line    /usr/bin/printf "%b" "***** Nagios
2.9*****\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\n\nService:
$SERVICEDESC$\nHost: $HOSTALIAS$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nState:
$SERVICESTATE$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n\nAdditional
Info:\n\n$SERVICEOUTPUT$" | /bin/mail -s "** $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$ alert -
$HOSTALIAS$/$SERVICEDESC$ is $SERVICESTATE$ **" $CONTACTEMAIL$



define service{
        name                            generic-service ; Generic service
name
        active_checks_enabled           1               ; Active service
checks are enabled
        passive_checks_enabled          1               ; Passive service
checks are enabled/accepted
        parallelize_check               1               ; Active service
checks should be parallelized (disabling this can lead to major performance
problems)
        obsess_over_service             1               ; We should obsess
over this service (if necessary)
        check_freshness                 0               ; Default is to NOT
check service 'freshness'
        notifications_enabled           1               ; Service
notifications are enabled
        event_handler_enabled           1               ; Service event
handler is enabled
        flap_detection_enabled          1               ; Flap detection is
enabled
        process_perf_data               1               ; Process
performance data
        retain_status_information       1               ; Retain status
information across program restarts
        retain_nonstatus_information    1               ; Retain non-status
information across program restarts
        register                        0               ; DONT REGISTER THIS
DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL SERVICE, JUST A TEMPLATE!
        }


This is the first part of my services.cfg:


# Generic for all services
define service{
        use                             generic-service
        name                            basic-service
        is_volatile                     0
        check_period                    24x7
        max_check_attempts              15
        normal_check_interval           10
        retry_check_interval            2
        notification_interval           120
        notification_period             24x7
        register                        0
        }


define service{
        use                             basic-service
        name                            ping-service
        notification_options            n
        check_command                   check_ping!1000.0,20%!2000.0,60%
        register                        0
        }

define service{
        use                                   ping-service
        service_description             PING
        contact_groups                  admins

        hostgroup_name                myservers
        }


Any inputs?
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