<div>Guys,</div>
<div> I am using send mail, what must i do to configure send mail......Never delt with it before.<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/24/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">jeff vier</b> <<a href="mailto:boinger@tradingtechnologies.com">boinger@tradingtechnologies.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 15:30 -0600, Joe Jackson wrote:<br>> Jeff,<br>> What i mean is that, Nagios will send mail to my internal Exchange
<br>> address, however it wont send to any address outside of my internal<br>> domain.<br><br>your mail server has to allow relaying from your Nagios server.<br><br>><br>> On 2/24/06, Joe Jackson <<a href="mailto:jdbigg@gmail.com">
jdbigg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Is it permitted? Yes<br>><br>> Is it configured to do so? Most likley not.<br>><br>> I am not new to Linux however i am not that versed in it, so i
<br>> need to know what i need to configure in this Linux box to<br>> make it relay through Exchange. If you guys can't tell me (do<br>> to rules/restrictions on this list) please tell me where i can
<br>> find it.<br>><br>><br>> Thanks,<br>> Joe<br>><br>> On 2/24/06, Paul Lathrop <<a href="mailto:plathrop@squaretrade.com">plathrop@squaretrade.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Joe,<br>><br>> The problem you are having lies *outside* of Nagios.<br>> You need to<br>> configure the local system (where Nagios is installed)
<br>> to properly send<br>> oubound mail through the Exchange server.<br>><br>> Joe Jackson wrote:<br>> > Derek,<br>> > That is pretty much what i though, but i guess i
<br>> have something goofed up.<br>> > It will send mail enternal to our domain/exchange<br>> server, but nothing out<br>> > side of our domain, (
i.e. <a href="http://Vtext.com">Vtext.com</a>). Is there a way<br>> inside Nagios to tell<br>> > it to send all out bound mail through our Exchange<br>> server?<br>
> ><br>> ><br>> > On 2/24/06, Derek J. Balling < <a href="mailto:deballing@vassar.edu">deballing@vassar.edu</a>><br>> wrote:<br>> >
<br>> >>Well, if you're just trying to send it via e-mail,<br>> you can send it<br>> >>like any other e-mail message. Nagios basically<br>> injects its e-mail
<br>> >>into its local MTA on that box, which is configured<br>> however you set<br>> >>it up (and that's a little outside the scope of this<br>> list, but
<br>> >>relaying to offsite domains like Verizon should be a<br>> factory config<br>> >>pretty much).<br>> >><br>> >>cheers,
<br>> >>D<br>> >><br>> >>On Feb 24, 2006, at 3:13 PM, Joe Jackson wrote:<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >>>Derek,
<br>> >>> Thanks for your comments. I think you pretty much<br>> understand what<br>> >>>I am trying to do, but just to clarify; I would<br>> like to be able to
<br>> >>>send messages to cell phones..Right, well our<br>> corporate cell<br>> >>>carrier is Virizon, if you don't already know, you<br>> can send an SMS
<br>> >>>text message to a Verizon cell phone by sending an<br>> SMTP e-mail to<br>> >>>the phone number like this: (cell Phone-Number)@<br>>
<a href="http://vtext.com">vtext.com</a>, now is<br>> >>>there a way to make Nagios send mail to that<br>> number? I noticed that<br>> >>>there is no where in Nagios (unless i missed it
<br>> some where) to<br>> >>>setup SMTP gateway information, so sending e-mail<br>> to outside e-mail<br>> >>>addresses isn't possible, please correct if i am
<br>> wrong.<br>> >>><br>> >>>Thanks,<br>> >>>Joe<br>> >>><br>> >>>
<br>> >>>On 2/24/06, Derek J. Balling <<a href="mailto:deballing@vassar.edu">deballing@vassar.edu</a>><br>> wrote: Cell<br>> >>>Phone != Alphanumeric Pager
<br>> >>><br>> >>>Lots of cell providers simply don't provide IXO/TAP<br>> service.<br>> >>><br>> >>>And, as you point out, e-mailing to an e-mail
<br>> address is all well and<br>> >>>good unless your report is "Core Router Down", then<br>> you might find<br>> >>>out about it, several times, after you've repaired
<br>> it. :-)<br>> >>><br>> >>>You want to investigate using enterprise-level SMS<br>> services. We're in<br>> >>>the process right now of doing some of that
<br>> research ourselves, and<br>> >>>so would be interested to hear from others.<br>> >>><br>> >>>D<br>> >>>
<br>> >>>On Feb 24, 2006, at 3:02 PM, Andrew Cruse wrote:<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>>>>From the FAQ:<br>
> <a href="http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php">http://www.nagios.org/faqs/viewfaq.php</a>?<br>> >>>>faq_id=113&expand=false&showdesc=false<br>> >>>>
<br>> >>>><br>> >>>> How can I have notifications sent to an<br>> alphanumeric pager?<br>> >>>><br>> >>>>There are two ways you can do this.
<br>> >>>>If your paging company has an email-pager gateway,<br>> you can simply<br>> >>>>have Nagios send an email message to your pager<br>
> address. An example<br>> >>>>of this type of address might look like:<br>> >>><br>> >>><a href="mailto:pageme@somepagingcompany.com">
pageme@somepagingcompany.com</a>.<br>> >>><br>> >>>>You should note that sending notifications through<br>> email might fail<br>> >>>>if SMTP or DNS services are down or if your
<br>> connection to the<br>> >>>>greater Internet is down. An alternative to<br>> sending pager messages<br>> >>>>through an email gateway would be to hook a modem
<br>> up to your<br>> >>>>monitoring host and have Nagios dial out through<br>> the modem and send<br>> >>>>the message using the TAP (IXO) protocol. There
<br>> are several<br>> >>>>programs that can do this for you on *NIX systems.<br>> Two popular ones<br>> >>>>seem to be Sendpage and QuickPage.
<br>> >>>><br>> >>>>Andrew<br>> >>>><br>> >>>><br>> >>>>From: <a href="mailto:nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net">
nagios-users-admin@lists.sourceforge.net</a><br>> [mailto: nagios-<br>> >>><br>> >>>users-<br>> >>><br>> >>>>
<a href="mailto:admin@lists.sourceforge.net">admin@lists.sourceforge.net</a>] On Behalf Of Joe<br>> Jackson<br>> >>>>Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 2:56 PM<br>> >>>>To:
<a href="mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net">nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net</a><br>> >>>>Subject: [Nagios-users] TXT Message a sell phone<br>> >>>><br>
> >>>>Is there a way to make Nagios send text messages<br>> to a cell phone?<br>> >>><br>> >>>--<br>> >>>
<br>> >>>Derek J. Balling<br>> >>>Systems Administrator<br>> >>>Vassar College<br>> >>>124 Raymond Ave<br>> >>>Box 13 - Computer Center 221
<br>> >>>Poughkeepsie, NY 12604<br>> >>>(845) 437-7231<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >>>
<br>> >>><br>> >>><br>> >><br>> >>--<br>> >><br>> >>Derek J. Balling
<br>> >>Systems Administrator<br>> >>Vassar College<br>> >>124 Raymond Ave<br>> >>Box 13 - Computer Center 221<br>> >>Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
<br>> >>(845) 437-7231<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >
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