* Ole Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I think to be on the safe side, the script should also check to make > sure it was able to send the alert mail correctly, and email you if it > didn't... :-)
The swatch utility has a 'throttle' option, which should be used to limit notifications. Your log reporting system could otherwise start a Denial of Service attack, which might spiral out of control if the errors generate more e-mail, and so forth. # clamd problems reported by MIMEDefang watchfor /: clamd error: |Could not connect to clam/ mail=root,subject=LW warn: clamd error throttle 1:00:00,use=regex _______________________________________________ Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.canit.ca MIMEDefang mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
