So, what happens if you run this command from the commandline: On 10-11-2013 02:35, Kris Springer wrote: echo "mail test" | mail -s "Xymon [12345] VM-Firewall:proc CRITICAL (RED)" support at innovateteam.com Your notifications.log file shows that the alerts are being generated, so we can now rule out problems with the alerts.cfg configuration. Regards, Henrik