[Mimedefang] command line notification of failure of mimedefang or similar

Josh Kelley josh at jbc.edu
Fri Apr 16 10:57:50 EDT 2004


Lucas Albers wrote:

>I am currently using swatch to monitor my mail log for clamd errors.
>If mimedefang or clamd stop working I cannot email notify anyone.
>Does anyone use a command-line mailer/script to connect directly to
>another mail server in this situation?
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>For cases in which the local mail server is not functioning?
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I haven't used it, but it sounds like nullmailer should do what you're 
asking:
http://untroubled.org/nullmailer/

We've had good results using sendpage to page us via modem if email goes 
down:
http://sendpage.cpoint.net/

Josh Kelley



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