[Xymon] Service smtp on hostname is not OK : Unexpected service response

[Henrik Størner]

Den 24-03-2014 19:43, Wilcox, Theodore A -FS skrev:
> We are getting yellow alerts for all SMTP tests in Xymon.  The error
> given is “Service smtp on hostname is not OK : Unexpected service
> response”.  This is a new installation and all of the SMTP servers have
> been yellow since Xymon was started. Telnet into the server gives the
> response:  “220 sv62.r1.fs.fed.us ESMTP Service  ready at Mon, 24 Mar
> 2014 12:23:42 -0600”.  The hosts file is from Big Brother.  All SMTP
> tests are SMTP.S.  We tried commenting out any line in the [SMTP]
> section that starts with “Send”, but that didn’t change anything.  There
> is nothing recent in the archives about this.  Any suggestions?

Which SMTP server software are you using?

The SMTP network test in Xymon 4 doesn't really adhere to the SMTP 
protocol specs, but it has worked for all of the server-types I know.


Regards,
Henrik