On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 4:06 AM, Phil Daws <[email protected]> wrote:
> Interestingly, as a colleague noted, perhaps what should happen is that if 
> the max message limit is reached it should still honour the email alert rules 
> and *not* combine them into a coalesced one. Does that make sense ?
> --
> Thanks, Phil


I think the 0 idea has merit. This idea however would just make you
further and further behind in notification emails. Perhaps a log
message about having hit the max emails per hour would be appropriate.


>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> A nice feature request would be by setting that to zero limiting is
>> completely suppressed. Would that be possible ?
>>
>> --
>> Thanks, Phil
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > Thanks Dan that is perfect :)
>> > --
>> > Thanks, Phil
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Phil Daws <[email protected]>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > > We have that already set ... am wondering if the option is not
>> > > > exposed and it is a true internal throttling restriction.  The
>> > > > problem is when you have something like this in your
>> > > > ossec.conf:
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > Sorry, crystal ball's on the fritz.
>> > >
>> > > >  <global>
>> > > >    <email_notification>yes</email_notification>
>> > > >    <email_to>[email protected]</email_to>
>> > > >    <smtp_server>email.somedomain.com</smtp_server>
>> > > >    <email_from>[email protected]</email_from>
>> > > >  </global>
>> > > >
>> > > >  <email_alerts>
>> > > >    <email_to>[email protected]</email_to>
>> > > >    <rule_id>10201, 10202, 10203, 10204</rule_id>
>> > > >    <event_location>[email protected]</event_location>
>> > > >    <do_not_delay/>
>> > > >    <do_not_group/>
>> > > >  </email_alerts>
>> > > >
>> > > > can end up that the customer receives alerts for systems that
>> > > > they
>> > > > should not see :(
>> > > > --
>> > > > Thanks, Phil
>> > > >
>> > >
>> > > Does this happen at the beginning of the hour? If so, you're
>> > > possibly
>> > > hitting the max emails per hour limit. Raise that up, see if it
>> > > helps.
>> > >
>> > > > ----- Original Message -----
>> > > >> http://www.ossec.net/doc/syntax/head_internal_options.analysisd.html#intopt-maild.groupping
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Maybe?
>> > > >>
>> > > >> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Phil Daws
>> > > >> <[email protected]>
>> > > >> wrote:
>> > > >> > Hello,
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > when there is a flood of alerts I believe OSSEC throttles
>> > > >> > them
>> > > >> > to a
>> > > >> > 15
>> > > >> > minute window and then sends out emails.  Is there a way to
>> > > >> > disable
>> > > >> > this
>> > > >> > feature as I have noticed that sometimes alerts are going to
>> > > >> > people
>> > > >> > that
>> > > >> > should not be receiving them!
>> > > >> > --
>> > > >> > Thanks, Phil
>> > > >> >
>> > > >>
>> > >
>> >
>>

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