[Tfug] nagios checking smtp is causing errors on postfix of box being checked

[Joshua Bernstein]

In fact Nagios must have a valid e-mail account otherwise mail delivery 
fails and Nagios agrees with the mail server that indeed the mail 
server failed to deliver any mail.

-Josh


On Jul 28, 2004, at 10:07 AM, elemint at theriver.com wrote:

> We have nagios configured to check postfix on an email server and 
> while nagios is happy it checked to see that port 25 is answering it 
> creates an error every time on the other box running posfitx, here is 
> the error it cuases.
>
> Transcript of session follows.
>
> Out: 220 domain.com ESMTP Postfix (Debian/GNU)
> In:  HELO nagios.box
> Out: 250 domain.com
> In:  MAIL FROM:
> Out: 501 Syntax: MAIL FROM: <address>
> In:  QUIT
> Out: 221 Bye
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