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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I'm not sure the duration tag is working correctly in the hobbit-alerts.cfg setup. I have tests like I/O and CPU that will spike for a short time and I wanted to eliminate the email notifications for those spikes. I set the DURATION tag for 10 or 20 minutes like this:</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">HOST=$SERVER1</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> MAIL $SYSADMIN COLOR=red EXSERVICE=msgs,cpu,http,webContent REPEAT=30m RECOVERED</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> MAIL $SYSADMIN COLOR=red SERVICE=cpu DURATION>20 REPEAT=30m RECOVERED</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> MAIL $SYSADMIN COLOR=red SERVICE=http DURATION>10 REPEAT=1h RECOVERED</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> MAIL $SYSADMIN COLOR=red SERVICE=webContent DURATION>10m REPEAT=1h RECOVERED</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> MAIL $SYSADMIN COLOR=purple REPEAT=1h RECOVERED</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">But, it seems that I get the alerts immediately. Clicking on the history button shows it was in alarm (RED) for only 5:00 minutes which would be the default poll time so I am guessing that it was actually in the alarm state for even less that that. Has anyone else had problems with the DURATION tag?</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Kevin </FONT>
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