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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">James,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thank you for your reply!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Just before I received your email, I noticed that I missed one required directive was missing from my new added object. After I added it, the behavior of notification was changed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">After I read your email, I decided to check my all configurations. After that I found many required directives were missing from my configurations. After I fixed all missing
required directives, it is now working great!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thank you for your advice!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Unfortunately, “nagios –v “ does not check all required directives.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Nobuo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> James Osbourn [mailto:james.osbourn@citrix.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 20, 2013 1:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nagios Users List; Matsushita, Nobuo<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Help --- email notification problem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It would really be helpful to see the configs, at least the person and group definitions to determine any issues. The information that you have
provided does not given enough details to determine any inheritance from templates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">It should then be possible to see where the final service is actually going to email to.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">James<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Matsushita, Nobuo [mailto:Nobuo.Matsushita@childrenscolorado.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> 19 February 2013 19:04<br>
<b>To:</b> nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nagios-users] Help --- email notification problem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I am using nagios 3.4.4. and RedHat Enterprise v 6.3. And I compiled from the source.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">I am experiencing strange email notification problems. I have been using nagios since 3.2, but I didn’t notice this problem until recently. The problem is that not only correct
contact person gets the notification by email, but also some other group people gets the same notification. Depending on which directive use, different group gets the notification:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> In the template file(service_templates.cfg),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">If I use:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">contacts personA-email<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Then notification goes to personA and group D ( personA is not in the Group D)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">But If I use contact_groups test-C
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> And in the service file, I put the following directive:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> contacts personA-email<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Then the notification goes to person A and Group E ( personA is not in the Group E)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Am I doing wrong ? Does anybody have similar experience?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Since I am subscribing this mailing list using digest mode, I will be appreciated if you can send me a copy to my address.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thanks in advance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Nobuo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Then the notification goes to
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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