<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Hello,</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">I am trying to use the xymon alert system to send emails.</div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">When I use "MAIL", I am able to receive the mails as they were intended.</font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">HOST=* SERVICE=* COLOR=yellow</font></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "> MAIL alert@xymon.com</span><br></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">But, the problem occurs when I start using the "SCRIPT". The mails aren't being forwarded</span></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">HOST=* SERVICE=* COLOR=yellow</font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> SCRIPT test.sh alert@xymon.com</font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">I understand that the "SCRIPT" uses two arguments, the script name and the recipient name.</font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Here's how my script looks
like,</font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">*****************************************************************</font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><div>#!bin/bash</div><div><br></div></font></div><div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">mail -s "$BBALPHAMSG $BBHOSTNAME $MACHIP $BBSVCNAME $RECOVERED" $RCPT</font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">*****************************************************************</font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Can anyone please explain to me a bit more on how the alert system
works when the "SCRIPT" is used?</font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Thanks you</font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Raghuv Adhepalli.</font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">ps: I encountered the same problem when I tried using "mutt" instead of "mail" in my script. When I use "mutt" as a command on my terminal the command works, but it doesn't work when I use it with "SCRIPT"</font></div><div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>