[hobbit] hobbit alert and STOP messages

[Henrik Stoerner]

On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 10:43:21PM -0400, Christopher T. Beers wrote:
> I am having some difficulties with the STOP rules when an alert is 
> triggered.  I have the following rule in my hobbit-alert file.
> 
> HOST=somehost.syr.edu
>        MAIL ctbeers at syr.edu REPEAT=30m RECOVERED STOP
>        MAIL pager_number at archwireless.net REPEAT=15m FORMAT=SMS RECOVERED STOP
> 
> My understanding is that the alert module should alert me and the pager 
> when the alert triggers.  However, it appears that when the alert module 
> encounters the STOP keyword it stop processing the entire rule (instead of 
> stopping only if the recipient has already been alerted).
> 
> Is this intended and if so how do I accomplish alerting two users for alert 
> rules?

This is the intended behaviour - the "STOP" keyword is definitive.
I believe you should just remove the STOP keyword from the first
recipient line.


Regards,
Henrik