I have sendmail setup to use our smtp server as a forwarder. This has been working great so far. The only issue I am seeing is, outside email addresses such as a cell number @<a href="http://vtext.com">vtext.com</a> is having messages sent to it several times a second; until Verizon finally rate limits the messages. This in turn queues up the messages, and a large number come through again. This does NOT happen with any internal email addresses. If I check the mail log, I can see Nagios sending the message several times a second to only outside email addresses and only once to internal email addresses.<div>
<br></div><div><div><br></div><div>I am not sure what the issue is.</div><div><br></div><div>I will give you a sample of my config</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>define contact{</div><div> name generic-contact ; The name of this contact template</div>
<div> service_notification_period 24x7 ; service notifications can be sent anytime</div><div> host_notification_period 24x7 ; host notifications can be sent anytime</div>
<div> service_notification_options w,u,c,r,f,s ; send notifications for all service states, flapping events, and scheduled downtime events</div><div> host_notification_options d,u,r,f,s ; send notifications for all host states, flapping events, and scheduled downtime events</div>
<div> service_notification_commands notify-service-by-email ; send service notifications via email</div><div> host_notification_commands notify-host-by-email ; send host notifications via email</div>
<div> register 0 ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL CONTACT, JUST A TEMPLATE!</div><div> }</div><div><br></div><div><div>define contact{</div><div> contact_name guys-cell</div>
<div> use generic-contact</div><div> alias John Doe</div><div> email <a href="mailto:xxx8777xxx@vtext.com">xxx8777xxx@vtext.com</a></div>
<div> }</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>define contactgroup{</div><div> contactgroup_name network-admin</div><div> alias Switches and networking admins</div>
<div> members guys-cell</div><div> }</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>-- <br>Jeremy L. Gibbs<br>Systems Administrator<br>Utica College<br>
Integrated Information Technology Services<br>(315) 223-2383<br><br>
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