From: mouss (moussnetoyen.net)
Date: Fri Feb 01 2008 - 15:38:24 CST

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Linux Addict wrote:
> On Feb 1, 2008 2:25 PM, Doug Lochart <dlochartgmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am a novice at this but with Nagios couldn't you create another
>> mailbox that would only get test mails from nagios. Then you could
>> have Nagios watch the mail file for mtime adjustments. You have to
>> correlate the fact that it is a different mailbox than the one you are
>> interested in but if they are on the same server it might be
>> acceptable.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>
>
> Mike,
>
> WE are all Nagios shop though I will keep Zappix

zappix? I want this for my TV, now :)

> as an option and give
> it a shot finally. I dont know if you are familiar with SiteScope. It
> has an option where you can specify the mail servers so it sends a
> test mail every X minutes. Throws an alert upon a failure. I am
> looking for a equivalent open source option.
>
> Randy,
>
> Thats what I am looking for. Do you have a special nagios plugin to do
> or some script. I cant find any info on both nagios and groundworks
> forums. Whatever the case, please send me the details. thank you.
>

I am not aware of anything that will do what you want. you can implement
it either in nagios or with cron. How to do it depends on how the said
mailbox is used.

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