[Xymon] Alerting - I'm not doing it right...

[Carl Inglis]

Hi folks,

I'm sure this is going to be something really silly that I've missed - but I've been pulling my hair out over this one for a couple of days now.

alerts.cfg

$EMAIL_ALERT=carl.inglis at rakon.com
$LIN_WINDOWS_PROBLEMS=$EMAIL_ALERT

HOST=%lin(.*) SERVICE=%win(.*)
        MAIL $LIN_WINDOWS_PROBLEMS REPEAT=24h DURATION>1d RECOVERED STOP

HOST=* EXPAGE=printers
        MAIL $EMAIL_ALERT REPEAT=1h RECOVERED UNMATCHED STOP

When the host "lin-apps-01" has a yellow alert on it's "winUpdates" services, I expect it to shout about it once every 24h. It is, however, shouting about it once every hour.

It's clear that the first HOST line is being ignored - I suspect my regex is incorrect in some way.

Any thoughts or pointers would be appreciated.

Regards,

Carl

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Carl Inglis
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