Check_SMTP plugin Problem

[stava]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:42:20 -0500, "Kaplan, Andrew H." <AHKAPLAN at PARTNERS.ORG> wrote:
> Hi there --
> 
> I tried the command syntax you suggested, and the output was the
> following:
> 
> Invalid SMTP response received from host on port 5666

And what do you suppose that could mean?

I wild guess: there's no SMTP server listening on port 5666.

Cheers
/Lars

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> [mailto:nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Max
> Hetrick
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 4:38 PM
> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Check_SMTP plugin Problem
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> Kaplan, Andrew H. wrote:
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>>
>> The server is outside the company's firewall, but it is able to be
>> monitored via port 5666. What steps can I take to enable the use of this
>> plugin? The Nagios
> 
> Read the help on the plugin.
> 
> ./check_smtp --help
> 
> ./check_smtp -H HOST -p 5666  # specify the port
> 
> Regards,
> Max
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