[hobbit] Disabling repeat alerts

[Josh Luthman]

I did try REPEAT=0 and it was every minute.  I'll just take your suggestion
and be done with it.  No big deal.

Josh

On 11/7/07, Haertig, David F (Dave) <haertig at avaya.com> wrote:
>
>  I just say "REPEAT=365d".  Annual renotification is fine with me for
> those really long-lasting problems!  I don't care much about how
> "professional" it looks.  For me, 365d is actually clearer than 0.  One
> would probably assume that 0 means "no repeats", but an assumption is still
> the first step towards a screw up, and I prefer the unambiguous 365d setting
> myself.
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 07, 2007 11:29 AM
> *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> *Subject:* Re: [hobbit] Disabling repeat alerts
>
> Thought so - if you do not specify a REPEAT argument it defaults to one
> hours time.  Even on the info page it reads "-" under the repeat column =/
>
> On 11/6/07, Josh Luthman <josh at imaginenetworksllc.com> wrote:
> >
> > I thought I had it that way last week.  I'll let you know (hopefully not
> > too soon - customers are not pleased with downtime =)
> >
> > On 11/6/07, Tod Hansmann <thansmann at directpointe.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >  If you leave out the REPEAT entirely, it is assumed you don't get
> > > repeating messages, if I recall correctly.  That's how we have it configured
> > > for a couple of our customers' alerts.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > *Tod Hansmann*
> > >
> > > Network Engineer
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > <http://www.directpointe.com/>
> > >  ------------------------------
> > >
> > > *From:* Josh Luthman [mailto:josh at imaginenetworksllc.com]
> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:03 AM
> > > *To:* hobbit at hswn.dk
> > > *Subject:* [hobbit] Disabling repeat alerts
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Right now I have this line:
> > >
> > >   MAIL josh at imaginenetworksllc.com COLOR=RED DURATION>15m REPEAT=0
> > > RECOVERED
> > >
> > > What I was expecting out of that was for the REPEAT to simply not work
> > > - it is still repeating the messages every few minutes =(  If I have to, I
> > > can all back on repeating every 24h or something ridiculous, but I'd like a
> > > more "professional" value!
> > >
> > > Josh
> > >
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> > >
> >
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> > Josh Luthman
> > Office: 937-552-2340
> > Direct: 937-552-2343
> > 1100 Wayne St
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> > Troy, OH 45373
> >
> > Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> > --- Henry Spencer
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Josh Luthman
> Office: 937-552-2340
> Direct: 937-552-2343
> 1100 Wayne St
> Suite 1337
> Troy, OH 45373
>
> Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> --- Henry Spencer
>



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