Mail alert based on variables

Quantum · Post by **Quantum** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 6:32 am

I am trying to make it easy to configure the mail alerts so that they go to the right people.

What I tryed to do is to have the folder comments hold the mail addresses of people interested in this item.

The mail alert is then configured as

Mail To: %Fcomment01%, %Fcomment02%
Subject: %FolderName% - %TestName% - Problem

The system, however did not resolve these folder comments to the mail addresses. Have I done it wrong ? or is this not possible ?

Q

p.s.

On a side note

I have configured my system to use Folders as the machine names, with the tests in each one.

For example (Red, is a testGeen is a folder

MyCo
>>Internal
>>>>FileServer
--------------Ping
--------------Space on C
--------------Space on D
>>>>MailServer
--------------Ping
--------------Space on C
--------------Space on D
--------------Port 25 Test
--------------Exchange Service Test
>>DMZ
>>>>Webserver
--------------Ping
--------------Space on C
--------------Space on D
--------------HTTP Header Test
>>>>Firewall
--------------Ping

Do you think this is a good layout ? Has anyone had issues using Hostmon this way ?

To all the other people reading this how do you deal with a large system where many people are responsible for different parts of the system ? many of whome only want to see what they are responsible for ?

All ideas wolcome

-Q

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 6:51 pm

[quote]Mail To: %Fcomment01%, %Fcomment02%
Subject: %FolderName% - %TestName% - Problem [/quote]

Use %FCommentLine1% instead of %FCommentLine01%

Regards
Alex

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Mon Jul 12, 2004 6:55 pm

Do you think this is a good layout ? Has anyone had issues using Hostmon this way ?

HostMonitor doesn't care how you separate test items by folders. You may group test items as you wish, depending on what kind of reports/comments/statistics do you need.

Regards
Alex

Quantum · Post by **Quantum** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 2:38 am

HostMonitor doesn't care how you separate test items by folders. You may group test items as you wish, depending on what kind of reports/comments/statistics do you need

Aye, but as with all realy open things of this complexity I am worried that the way I am using, which works well visualy, will actualy cause me problems in the future.

I was after some advice as to how other people have setup their folders in the above senario.

Oh and what is the seperator of the mail addresses ??? I have tryed ; and , but i cant get it to send to a list

Q

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 12:01 pm

Oh and what is the seperator of the mail addresses ??? I have tryed ; and , but i cant get it to send to a list

More than one destination addresses separating with a semicolon ;
That doesn't work? Could you check log in the SMTP popup window? You will see answers from your mail server.

Regards
Alex

Quantum · Post by **Quantum** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 12:19 pm

I looked at the SMTP output and indeed the a ; does not seem to be accepted.

Sould it be ?

Q

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 12:34 pm

What do you mean?
"... ; does not seem to be accepted."? HostMonitor does not send a ;
You should see something like

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[07/13/2004 12:33:16 PM] > RCPT TO:<line1@ks-soft.net>
[07/13/2004 12:33:16 PM] < 250 ok
[07/13/2004 12:33:16 PM] > RCPT TO:<line2@ks-soft.net>
[07/13/2004 12:33:16 PM] < 250 ok

What do you see?

Regards
Alex

Quantum · Post by **Quantum** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 4:53 am

Fixed it

I feel very stupid

The issue was actualy with the name I chose for the mail to come from

Can't have spaces.

Sorry.

Q
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