<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring SMTP Authentication</TITLE> <META content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18904"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Thank you very much.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Kindly, SHD</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> From: Assaf Flatto [mailto:nagios@flatto.net] Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2010 15:04 E/T To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Monitoring SMTP Authentication </DIV> <DIV></DIV> Stephen H. Dawson wrote: > Hi, > > > We have a Nagios server setup to send mail through our ISP's email > server. The ISP uses SMTP authentication. The ISP has been pretty > flakey lately in keeping their email server up and running, to send > emails for their customers, in this geographic region. > > We would like to setup a Nagios check to watch the > SMTP authentication. Sometimes they change their ports...among other > problems. If we can get a check running, we can see the alert in the > Nagios GUI that there is a problem, though we (of course) would not > receive the email that there is a problem. > > Not sure where to start with this check. Looking for best practices > and, hopefully, a code example. > > > Thank You, > SHD Try starting here: <A href="http://nagiosplugins.org/man/check_smtp">http://nagiosplugins.org/man/check_smtp</A> This my give you all the details and ways to do what you need -- Never , Ever Cut a Deal With a Dragon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net <A href="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users</A> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null <TABLE width=400> <HR> <A href="http://www.avast.com">avast! Antivirus</A>: Inbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 100502-0, 05/02/2010 Tested on: 05/2/2010 15:08 E/T avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2010 ALWIL Software. <TBODY></TBODY></TABLE> </BODY></HTML>