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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I would probably not have the duration in the alerts.cfg and instead send the status to a script.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">In the script, look for a keyword. If it is there, act immediately. If it isn’t then wait for a duration time defined in the script.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Xymon [mailto:xymon-bounces@xymon.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 11, 2014 10:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> xymon@xymon.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Xymon] bypass duration for alert?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Anyone know a way to send a status message which would preempt the duration setting within alerts.cfg?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">What I would like to do is send a status message for a hostname.test which would cause an alert to be acted on immediately and skip any settings for duration.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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