Hi,
Maybe this is already possible, or it's a feature request for the next release. Anyway, I'd like to have some kind of fallback alert method in case the used alert service is down. E.g. if I need to be alerted through a sms2email gateway which is down, it should use the next sms gateway. I figured it would be simple if the same dependency system could used for this purpose.
Thanks,
Joost
What myself and others do is use things like 9371231234 at txt.att.com or whatever it is for your cell phone. Just a quick Google =)
On 11/14/07, Joost van den Broek <joost at seat-ibiza.nl> wrote:
Hi,
Maybe this is already possible, or it's a feature request for the next release. Anyway, I'd like to have some kind of fallback alert method in case the used alert service is down. E.g. if I need to be alerted through a sms2email gateway which is down, it should use the next sms gateway. I figured it would be simple if the same dependency system could used for this purpose.
Thanks,
Joost
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Well, that's not my problem. I indeed use the email2sms gateway from my mobile provider, and that's also exactly my problem. I'm monitoring the MX servers of this gateway and they, unfortunately, go down too often. That's why it would be nice if there could be some dependency system on the alerts, so in case these servers are down it will use another address / script. I guess this could be scripted completely (external from Hobbit), but why not use Hobbit's ability to determine which gateway servers are/aren't available for alerting?
Joost
Josh Luthman schreef:
What myself and others do is use things like 9371231234 at txt.att.com <mailto:9371231234 at txt.att.com> or whatever it is for your cell phone. Just a quick Google =)
I've used the txt.att.com for a couple of years and not once missed any alerts or notifications of voicemail. I really can't help you beyond this point. Though I would yell at my mobile provider if that was my situation!
Sorry!
On 11/14/07, Joost van den Broek <joost at seat-ibiza.nl> wrote:
Well, that's not my problem. I indeed use the email2sms gateway from my mobile provider, and that's also exactly my problem. I'm monitoring the MX servers of this gateway and they, unfortunately, go down too often. That's why it would be nice if there could be some dependency system on the alerts, so in case these servers are down it will use another address / script. I guess this could be scripted completely (external from Hobbit), but why not use Hobbit's ability to determine which gateway servers are/aren't available for alerting?
Joost
Josh Luthman schreef:
What myself and others do is use things like 9371231234 at txt.att.com <mailto:9371231234 at txt.att.com> or whatever it is for your cell phone. Just a quick Google =)
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On Nov 14, 2007 9:22 AM, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
I've used the txt.att.com for a couple of years and not once missed any alerts or notifications of voicemail. I really can't help you beyond this point. Though I would yell at my mobile provider if that was my situation!
I think what Joost is saying is that, when his email server/gateway goes down there's no way to send email to his pager to let him know...
Joost - could you get your messages out by posting to a web page?? I did that some time back by going to the relevant web page, extracting the form, filling in the message, then posting it back. Once I had the method sorted out, I could just post the form without the tedious prior steps. Curl is pretty good for that - it handles http, https, proxies, authentication, etc.
Ralph Mitchell
What I would personally do would be to write a script to test the server with a telnet or something, or even get the status from hobbit, and if it's ok, send the message, if not, send it somewhere else. Then the alert can just call that script with the proper arguments and go from there.
Tod Hansmann Network Engineer
-----Original Message----- From: Ralph Mitchell [mailto:ralphmitchell at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:50 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] fallback alert service
On Nov 14, 2007 9:22 AM, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
I've used the txt.att.com for a couple of years and not once missed any alerts or notifications of voicemail. I really can't help you beyond this point. Though I would yell at my mobile provider if that was my situation!
I think what Joost is saying is that, when his email server/gateway goes down there's no way to send email to his pager to let him know...
Joost - could you get your messages out by posting to a web page?? I did that some time back by going to the relevant web page, extracting the form, filling in the message, then posting it back. Once I had the method sorted out, I could just post the form without the tedious prior steps. Curl is pretty good for that - it handles http, https, proxies, authentication, etc.
Ralph Mitchell
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The real question here is, though, where is the "somewhere else" you would send it to?
Why can't mobile phone carriers have a decent mail server there and simplify everything?!
On 11/14/07, Tod Hansmann <thansmann at directpointe.com> wrote:
What I would personally do would be to write a script to test the server with a telnet or something, or even get the status from hobbit, and if it's ok, send the message, if not, send it somewhere else. Then the alert can just call that script with the proper arguments and go from there.
Tod Hansmann Network Engineer
-----Original Message----- From: Ralph Mitchell [mailto:ralphmitchell at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 8:50 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] fallback alert service
On Nov 14, 2007 9:22 AM, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
I've used the txt.att.com for a couple of years and not once missed any alerts or notifications of voicemail. I really can't help you beyond this point. Though I would yell at my mobile provider if that was my situation!
I think what Joost is saying is that, when his email server/gateway goes down there's no way to send email to his pager to let him know...
Joost - could you get your messages out by posting to a web page?? I did that some time back by going to the relevant web page, extracting the form, filling in the message, then posting it back. Once I had the method sorted out, I could just post the form without the tedious prior steps. Curl is pretty good for that - it handles http, https, proxies, authentication, etc.
Ralph Mitchell
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joost＠seat-ibiza.nl
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josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com
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ralphmitchell＠gmail.com
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thansmann＠directpointe.com