[Xymon] alerts.cfg DURATION rule being ignored

[Clovis Otteson]

Thank you, but I think it must be something else.

"Configuring Xymon Alerts" at 
https://xymon.sourceforge.io/xymon/help/xymon-alerts.html states "TEXT" 
is the default for FORMAT. Also the alert emails are successfully sent, 
just not being delayed.

I checked the info page for the host for which I set the delay, and it 
shows that there is, as expected, a 30m 1s delay for this notification. 
However, this "delayed" notification is sent at the same time a 
non-delayed notification (to a different address) for the same 
host/service check.

On 8/5/2020 12:15 PM, Scot Kreienkamp wrote:
> Looks like you forgot the format part.  Here's one from my server that works.   The delay is seen on the info page on my server.
>
> SCRIPT $SCRIPTLOCATION $RECIPIENT FORMAT=TEXT REPEAT=240m  DURATION>2 RECOVERED
>
>
> Scot Kreienkamp | Senior Systems Engineer | La-Z-Boy Corporate
> One La-Z-Boy Drive | Monroe, Michigan 48162 | Office: 734-384-6403 | Fax:  | Mobile: 1-734-915-1444 | E-mail: Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com
>
>   
>   
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clovis Otteson <clovis at ipost.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 12:12 PM
> To: Scot Kreienkamp <Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com>; xymon at xymon.com
> Subject: Re: [Xymon] alerts.cfg DURATION rule being ignored
>
> ATTENTION:   This email was sent to La-Z-Boy from an external source.     Be vigilant when opening attachments or clicking links.
>
> It's all on one line.
>
> On 8/5/2020 12:10 PM, Scot Kreienkamp wrote:
>> Is that all one line or two lines?  Only asking because in the email it wraps it to two lines.
>>
>>
>> Scot Kreienkamp | Senior Systems Engineer | La-Z-Boy Corporate
>> One La-Z-Boy Drive | Monroe, Michigan 48162 | ( 734-384-6403 |  |  ) 1-734-915-1444 | *Scot.Kreienkamp at la-z-boy.com
>> www.la-z-boy.com | facebook.com/lazboy | twitter.com/lazboy | youtube.com/lazboy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> On Behalf Of Clovis Otteson
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2020 11:18 AM
>> To: xymon at xymon.com
>> Subject: [Xymon] alerts.cfg DURATION rule being ignored
>>
>> ATTENTION:   This email was sent to La-Z-Boy from an external source.     Be vigilant when opening attachments or clicking links.
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Our Xymon server is monitoring about a hundred hosts and has been doing
>> so nicely for years.  However DURATION rule is being ignored. I have
>> several lines like this in alerts.cfg:
>>
>> SCRIPT <script location> <email address> SERVICE=replication
>> DURATION>30m REPEAT=30d COLOR=red,purple
>>
>> Replication is a custom check. But the alert (scripted email) is being
>> sent as soon as the check goes red, not 30 minutes later. Any
>> suggestions as to why this could be? Using Xymon 4.3.30.
>>
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