SUBJECT: Xymon [216807] lvhwebappold:disk CRITICAL (RED)

test

. 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as D522A52F9

This is from another linux machine that I ran the telnet command from.

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Andrew Rakowski <landrew at pnnl.gov> wrote:

Hi Ray,

To follow the SMTP protocol, I believe you need to add a "data" command after your "rcpt to", then you can enter the "subject:" line (and any other headers), followed by a blank line, then the body of the message.

I think postfix is complaining that it doesn't know what the "SUBJECT: xxx" command is...

Cheers,

-Andrew

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On Tue, 2 Oct 2012, Ray Reuter wrote:

} Well we are getting closer. I am now able to telnet to the server. I tried to send mail to } the server but kicked off every time i try to do the subject line. } [root at xxxcacti2 ~]# telnet XXXXXXXX.xxx.com 25 } Trying 10.1.72.168... } Connected to XXXXXXXXX.xxx.com (xx.xx.x.x). } Escape character is '^]'. } 220 XXXXXXXXX.lvh.com ESMTP Postfix } helo XXXXXXXXXX.lvh.com } 250 XXXXXXX.lvh.com } MAIL FROM: raymond.reuter at xxx.com } 250 2.1.0 Ok } RCPT TO: xymon at xxxxxxx.xxx.com } 250 2.1.5 Ok } "SUBJECT: Xymon" } 221 2.7.0 Error: I can break rules, too. Goodbye. } Connection closed by foreign host. } } I have the .procmailrc file set up as per the xymon man page, still not sure if the "Mailbox" } is a directory or file. and the directory structure of the xymon home directory looks like } this. } } drwxr-xr-x. 2 xymon xymon 4096 Oct 2 11:02 Mailbox } -rw-r--r--. 1 xymon xymon 0 Oct 1 12:15 procmail.log } -rwxr-xr-x. 1 xymon xymon 124 Oct 2 11:04 .procmailrc } } This feature is one of the most important to the company I work for and have been trying to } get it to work for a couple of days now. We even added an MX record for the server so mail } can be delivered to it directly. Telnet works locally and remote. } } Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated, you have all been a huge help so far and } this monitoring tool has done wonders for this company. } } } } } } } On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 1:58 AM, Jeremy Laidman <jlaidman at rebel-it.com.au> wrote: } On 2 October 2012 02:46, Ray Reuter <ray.reuter at gmail.com> wrote: } I am using Centos 6.2 } } } By default Centos (aka Red Hat) v6 boxes run postfix (rather than Sendmail). } } During my install I do not remember installing anything as the mail } transport, but the alerting was working right out of the box from day one. } } } Initially, postfix is configured so it won't accept SMTP connections from off the box. } So outbound emails will get sent OK, but incoming emails will not get delivered to the } Xymon server. } } Test this by attempting to telnet to the Xymon server on port 25 from another device, } such as a Windows PC, with "telnet xymon.server.name 25". If you get a "connection } refused" or similar message, than you need to reconfigure Postfix to accept remote } connections. } } I followed the man page for the mailack and created everything as per the } instructions, but I am not even sure the mail is reaching the server at } this point. } } } Probably not. Have a look at the "STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README" file that came with } Postfix for instructions on setting things up, particularly the "Postfix on a local } network" section. } } J } } } }