RE: {bb} Setting up Email alerts

["Elaine ." <cmap_sec@yahoo.co.uk>]

hi
Thanks, I think that was just "panic" when it wasn't
working so i tried writing the BBPAGER line to all the
hosts. :) taken it out now. Yeah my inability to read
the ;* lines correctly seemed to be the factor as i'm
now getting emails through...thanks.
Elaine

--- "Homan, Charles" <Charles.Homan@gdc4s.com> wrote:
> Hi, Elaine,
> 
> I'll try to play nice. :-)
> 
> I don't think it's directly related to your current
> problem, but this line bothers me:
> 
> > So I've added BBPAGER to all on the config on the
> server, and to the client  (which is showing a
> yellow alert).
> 
> What exactly do you mean by that?  One
> interpretation I thought of is "I added the word
> 'BBPAGER' to all lines in bb-hosts in the
> <bbserver>/etc directory."  Is that what you mean? 
> If so, that is not correct - only one machine should
> be your BBPAGER.  If not, could you spell out what
> exactly you changed, and in what file?  Also, are
> you (I assume) using BB 1.9e?  What OS?
> 
> On-topic, let's look at your bbwarnrules.cfg line:
> 
>   *;*;*;*;*;*;me@test.com
> 
> That's too many wildcards.  The first field is
> hosts, the second is hosts to exclude, the third is
> services, and the fourth is services to exclude.  So
> your line says, "For all hosts (except all hosts),
> for all services (except all services), at any time
> of any day, send mail to me@test.com when the color
> matches pageslevelsmail."  You want something more
> like:
> 
>   *;;*;;*;*;me@test.com
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Regards,
> Charles
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-bb@bb4.com [mailto:owner-bb@bb4.com]On
> Behalf Of Elaine .
> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 4:49 AM
> > To: bb@bb4.com
> > Subject: {bb} Setting up Email alerts
> > 
> > 
> > hi
> > Well i'm new to big brother so be gentle. :)
> > Everything works through the web interface, i'm
> having
> > a problem getting it to send email alerts. The
> server
> > itself can send email fine and has mailx.
> > 
> >  I tried configuration of it based on 
> > 
> > help/bb-man.html
> > 
> > So I've added BBPAGER to all on the config on the
> > server, and to the client  (which is showing a 
> > yellow alert). And then in bbwarnrules.cfg I've
> set up
> > (what I think is all to go to this email)
> > 
> > *;*;*;*;*;*;me@test.com
> > (though its the colour of commented out)
> > 
> > and in bbwarnsetup.cfg
> > pagelevels: red, yellow
> > pagelevelsmail: red, yellow
> > delimiter ;
> > in the hope it'd then mail out those alerts . but
> no
> > dice and nothing in log.
> > Any pointers ? Thanks.
> > Elaine
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 	
> > 	
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> >
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