[hobbit] SMTP - connection refused

Olivier Beau obeau79 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 26 22:18:59 CET 2009


Hi,

I would use the badTEST feature (cf. man bb-hosts)

Olivier

On 26/01/2009 22:08, Martha McConaghy wrote:
> I'm monitoring some very busy SMTP servers that handle all our incoming
> email.  Because they are so busy, at times, Xymon will get a connection
> refused condition when testing SMTP, which generates a red alert.  Its fine
> at the next test cycle, but the false alerts concern me.  (People get used to
> seeing false alerts, they ignore the real ones.)
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions?  Is there I way I can alter the SMTP test
> to not generate this condition as an alert, or perhaps an alert script that
> won't send out an email?
> 
> Martha McConaghy
> Marist College
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