Thanks, I sat here looking around thinking you were smoking something and then it hit me, all the lines came into focus and I understood what you were saying. Totally undestand now! Mucho Gracias and stuff!!! I'm set! <div>On 8/14/06, Jason Martin <<a href="mailto:jhmartin@toger.us">jhmartin@toger.us</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 12:34:48PM -0700, Tory M Blue wrote: > On 8/14/06, Tedman Eng <<a href="mailto:teng@dataway.com">teng@dataway.com</a>> wrote: > > > >Set up multiple contacts, corresponding to the method you wish to be > >contacted. > > > >define contact{ > > contact_name jdoe-email > > service_notification_options w,c,r > > service_notification_commands notify-by-email > > email <a href="mailto:jdoe@localhost.localdomain">jdoe@localhost.localdomain</a> > > } > > > >define contact{ > > contact_name jdoe-pager > > service_notification_options c > > service_notification_commands notify-by-pager > > pager 888-555-1234 > > } > > > > Sorry my reply was late it appears, okay,. i see this, however show me how > you use this with a single host or service definition? > > I see how your recommending this be done (appreciate it), but I don't see > how this works unless you in fact setup 2 host or 2 service instances both > being identical except for the contact-group. > What am I missing? You just said it right there, actually. You are confusing contacts and contact-groups. You would put jdoe-email and jdoe-pager into the same contact group and assign that to the service. You only need one host, one service, one contactgroup, and two contacts in that group. -Jason Martin -- Let he who takes the plunge remember to return it! This message is PGP/MIME signed. </blockquote></div>