Hi All it turned out to be a simple firewall issue. the new mailserver was not allowed to "respond" to the nagios checks. what are the ports used by check_smtp ? i'm using whatever version of check_smtp came with the install of nagios 1.2
J Alex Dehaini wrote: > Do a manual telnet on port 25 from the nagios server to the mail > server in connect and see if you can connect. > > On Jan 18, 2008 5:38 AM, Julie S. Lin <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi All > > Sorry for the incomplete info, I do know better, really. Pls forgive. > > Anyways, below is the result I get when I manually run check_smtp > from my plugins directory. This is on a redhat es4 machine > running 1.2 > nagios > (yes, very outdated I know). > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] plugins]# ./check_smtp mail.xxx.com > <http://mail.xxx.com> > Socket timeout after 10 seconds > [EMAIL PROTECTED] plugins]# ./check_smtp mail.yyy.com > <http://mail.yyy.com> > SMTP OK - 0 second response time > > * so check_smtp fails on one mail server but not the other > mail.xxx.com <http://mail.xxx.com> is behind the same firewall as > the nagios server > but on a different network.... > mail.yyy.com <http://mail.yyy.com> is on another network outside > of the firewall > is there anything I should know about having nagios check_smtp > server within > a firewall?? > > And of course, mail is working just fine. > > mail -v [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: foo > . > EOT > Null message body; hope that's ok > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Connecting to mail.xxx.com > <http://mail.xxx.com>. via esmtp... > 220 xxx.com <http://xxx.com> ESMTP > >>> EHLO anywhere.com <http://anywhere.com> > 250-xxx.com <http://250-xxx.com> Ok. > 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN CRAM-MD5 > 250-AUTH=PLAIN LOGIN CRAM-MD5 X-NETSCAPE-HAS-BUGS > 250-STARTTLS > 250-XVERP=Courier > 250-XEXDATA > 250-XSECURITY=NONE,STARTTLS > 250-PIPELINING > 250-8BITMIME > 250-SIZE > 250 DSN > >>> STARTTLS > 220 Ok > >>> EHLO anywhere.com <http://anywhere.com> > 250-xxx.com <http://250-xxx.com> Ok. > 250-AUTH PLAIN LOGIN CRAM-MD5 > 250-AUTH=PLAIN LOGIN CRAM-MD5 X-NETSCAPE-HAS-BUGS > 250-XVERP=Courier > 250-XEXDATA > 250-XSECURITY=NONE,STARTTLS > 250-PIPELINING > 250-8BITMIME > 250-SIZE > 250 DSN > >>> MAIL From:<[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> SIZE=48 > 250 Ok. > >>> RCPT To:< [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > 250 Ok. > >>> DATA > 354 Ok. > >>> . > 250 Ok. 47903A17.00003806 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent (Ok. 47903A17.00003806) > Closing connection to mail.xxx.com <http://mail.xxx.com>. > >>> QUIT > 221 Bye. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of > Marc Powell > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 7:33 PM > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] check_smtp issues > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [mailto:nagios-users- <mailto:nagios-users-> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] On Behalf Of Julie S. Lin > > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 6:36 PM > > To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Subject: [Nagios-users] check_smtp issues > > > > Hi > > > > I just added a new mail server and am having trouble getting > check_smtp > > to check it properly. This mail server is on a different > network than > > my nagios server > > HOWEVER, I can telnet to the standard ports ( 25 and 993 just fine) > > > > check_smtp to another mail server on yet another network works. > > > You should tell us what the problem is. Be very specific. We can't > help > if we don't know and we aren't going to guess. > > -- > Marc > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > reporting > any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users> > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > reporting any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null > > > > > -- > Alex Dehaini > Developer > Site - www.alexdehaini.com <http://www.alexdehaini.com> > Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. 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