Hi,

you can use "exec" action instead of "alert" to execute custom script which can 
also send mail (using /usr/bin/mail for example). The script will get 
information from monit via environment variables, more details here:
http://www.mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html#environment

Regards,
Martin


On May 30, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Rowan Wookey wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Does anyone know if it's possible to have the output of a shell script appear 
> in a monit alert. I've tried adding this
> 
> set alert root@localhost with mail-format {
>     message: Monit $ACTION $SERVICE at $DATE on $HOST: $DESCRIPTION.
>            Yours sincerely,
>            monit
>               `free -m`
> }
> 
> 
> But that doesn't execute the `free -m`
> 
> Regards
> 
> Rowan
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