On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Mustafa Cagatayli wrote: > But isn't there a method to prevent MRTG not to send an e-mail message for > each port if it is not responding ? There are so many ports that I monitor, > and my mailbox gets full very frequently.
I don't think the suggestion of /dev/null'ing the cron job is the best idea, since you will need to know some information your are /dev/null'ing in the event of an outage. As a network/sysadmin maintaining control of your mailbox should be the focus of your attention, not stopping MRTG from notifying you of problems. If there are as many ports as you insinuate, I must assume that it is your job to keep stats on the ports and not just a "nice thing" on a home network. I suggest researching procmail filters to delete messages that you deem unimportant. An addition to that is when there is more than one network/system admin, the things that you will want reported to you might not match what someone else would like to see. I hope that didn't come across as harsh. I just think you are focusing on the wrong problem. Gerald -- Unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/mrtg FAQ http://faq.mrtg.org Homepage http://www.mrtg.org WebAdmin http://www.ee.ethz.ch/~slist/lsg2.cgi
