[Xymon] html_mail.pl help

Tue Jun 7 03:46:41 CEST 2011

On 6/06/11 9:24 PM, KING, KEVIN (ATTSI) wrote:
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> David,
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>  
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> I do not see the new version on Xymonton site.
>
My apologies. I've uploaded the version I'm currently using in prod. It
includes a link to the test page at the top of the message.

Didn't get to finish testing a version using CSS for background info.
Let me know if you still have a problem with background images using
this version.

David.
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>  
>
> -Kevin
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>  
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> *From:*David Baldwin [mailto:david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au]
> *Sent:* Monday, May 30, 2011 3:23 AM
> *To:* KING, KEVIN (ATTSI)
> *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] html_mail.pl help
>
>  
>
> Kevin,
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>  
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> I am clear on the Xymon-mailack.  The text issue is resolved by the
> changing to text for the response. I am testing the delay feature. I
> sent a sample of the mail to you off list.
>
> All good!
>
> IS there a way to stop the repeating background color band? It should
> only have the one on the left side. Is that something outlook is doing
> or the output from the html_mail.pl?
>
> Sorry, I didn't realise the repeating background was still a problem.
> I misunderstood when you said you'd got it working...
>
> The repeating background image is odd. I haven't seen that before.
> What version of Outlook do you use?
>
> I just checked the HTML in the message, and the background images I am
> using (which I'm pretty sure are the default set) actually have an
> image width of 1800 pixels, so any repeat (which is actually default
> behaviour) should be way off to the right out of sight.
>
> The script should be fixed to use CSS body properties rather than
> various properties of the BODY tag, in which case the image could
> possibly be made less wide, although then the background colour would
> have to be black rather than the status colour. Unlikely that would
> cause much problem in this day and age though?
>
>   Oh and anything on the mail message length? The full message is not
> sent. No link to the test page in the message.
>
> I've just gone back and checked what html_mail.pl code I am using in
> prod vs Xymonton version - I'd added a link at the top in my current
> prod version, but will use CSS to do backgrounds and make background
> explicitly not repeat in 'x' direction...
>
> I will create a new html_mail.pl v 1.3 tomorrow when I get time to
> clean it up. It would be easier if xymonton had some kind of version
> control then keeping it up to date would be a bit easier.
>
> David.
>
>  
>
> -Kevin
>
>  
>
> *From:*David Baldwin [mailto:david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au]
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 26, 2011 7:01 PM
> *To:* KING, KEVIN (ATTSI)
> *Cc:* xymon at xymon.com <mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] html_mail.pl help
>
>  
>
> Kevin,
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> Thanks David,
>
>  
>
> I have it running now. I am finding that when using the email ack
> function these messages are not getting parsed correctly. It is not
> seeing the delay or and comment text.
>
>  
>
> I have never used or tested the email ack function, so not sure what
> it is expecting.
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>
>
> Quite likely xymon-mailack doesn't handle MIME messages ("This is a
> multi-part message" would indicate this), since there would be too
> many options to have to cater for.
>
> It is possibly a side effect in your MUA (Outlook?) of receiving an
> html formatted alert e-mail that by default an HTML reply will be
> generated - can you configure your mail client to do a plain text
> e-mail reply? Thunderbird has this feature in the address book
> selectable per user.
>
> Did it work before you tried html_mail.pl ?
>
> I don't think it is a limitation of html_mail.pl as such, unless some
> extra headers could assist in hinting to a MUA to reply in plaintext only.
>
> David.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
>
> > From: David Baldwin [mailto:david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au]
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> > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 7:58 PM
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> > To: KING, KEVIN (ATTSI)
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> > Cc: xymon at xymon.com <mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
>
> > Subject: Re: [Xymon] html_mail.pl help
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> >
>
> > On 26/05/11 2:26 AM, KING, KEVIN (ATTSI) wrote:
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> > > David,
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> > >
>
> > > Where can I dl this? I goggled for it. But the hits I got were in the
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> > > message archives and those are blocked to be at work.
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> > >
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> > http://xymonton.org/doku.php/alerts
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> >
>
> > David.
>
> > > -Kevin
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> > >
>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
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> > >> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com <mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com>
> [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On
>
> > >> Behalf Of David Baldwin
>
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 9:51 PM
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> > >> To: Joe Rindfleisch
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> > >> Cc: xymon at xymon.com <mailto:xymon at xymon.com>
>
> > >> Subject: Re: [Xymon] html_mail.pl help
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> > >>
>
> > >> Joe,
>
> > >>> I got your name from the html_mail.pl script.  I recently updated
>
> > to
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> > >>> xymon 4.3.2 and tried to go live in production.
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> > >>>
>
> > >>> On all alerts it seems to send out alerts to this one email
>
> > address.
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> > >>> it seems to send out to all that are intended to receive the emails
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> > >>> but the one email has only two hosts that it monitors and gets
>
> > > alerts
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> > >>> from.  now it gets emails on the entire environment.
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> > >>>
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> > >> I can't follow what the problem is.
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> > >>
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> > >> The script gets called from the alerts.cfg file via the SCRIPT
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> > > keyword.
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> > >> The hosts it applies to will be determined by the alerts.cfg file
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> > >> rules.
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> > >> The recipient for e-mails is specified by the RCPT environment
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> > > variable
>
> > >> when the script is called.
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> > >>
>
> > >> Without the old and new config to compare, I can't help any further.
>
> > >>> I see a lot of references to BB, has this script been updated?
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> > >>>
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> > >> The environment variable names have not changed that I know of, but
>
> > I
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> > >> haven't used it with 4.3.x myself yet.
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> > >>> # Version       Author          Details
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> > >>> # -------       ------          -------
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> > >>> # 1.0           Martin Ward     Initial version. See code for
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> > >> details.
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> > >>> # 1.1           David Baldwin   Clean up, remove hard-coded paths.
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> > >>> # 1.2           David Baldwin   format message as alternative parts
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> > >>> for plaintext and HTML views
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> > >>>
>
> > >>> thanks for your help
>
> > >> I've CCed to the xymon list which is a better place to get general
>
> > >> help.
>
> > >>
>
> > >> David.
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> > >>
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> > >> --
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> > >> David Baldwin - IT Unit
>
> > >> Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
> <http://www.ausport.gov.au>
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> > >> david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au
> <mailto:david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au>          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT
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> > 2617
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> > David Baldwin - IT Unit
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> > Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
> <http://www.ausport.gov.au>
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> > Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
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> > david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au
> <mailto:david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au>          Leverrier Street Bruce
> ACT 2617
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> -- 
> David Baldwin - IT Unit
> Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au <http://www.ausport.gov.au>
> Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
> david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au <mailto:david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au>          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617
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> -- 
> David Baldwin - IT Unit
> Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au <http://www.ausport.gov.au>
> Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
> david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au <mailto:david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au>          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617

-- 
David Baldwin - IT Unit
Australian Sports Commission          www.ausport.gov.au
Tel 02 62147830 Fax 02 62141830       PO Box 176 Belconnen ACT 2616
david.baldwin at ausport.gov.au          Leverrier Street Bruce ACT 2617

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