Hello All,

I'm trying to configure the Level and Checks via the Mandrake Control Center, but I'm running into some problems with the alert system.

According to the interface you can fill in an email address to which the alerts will be mailed to. I have not been told by the Control Center that I require an MTA or that I need to link this process to one so I have to assume that it doesn't require one.

So I have triggered some of the alerts and I have received no mail!?!?!

You can also fill in a username and I also tried that way, but still no mail!?!?!

Has anyone used this feature from the Mandrake Control Center and gotten it to work?

What else do I need to do in order to get this to work?

have you checked the file /var/log/messages for errors about this issue ?

Yes but I see no errors related to it.

The other thinhg is that I don't see where Mandrake intended to have the docs on this, because I can't find them anywhere.

Anybody, any thoughts on how to get this to work?

I think you need an MTA running. Try 'urpmi postfix' and 'service postfix start' (and watch the mail flush over you).

- Peder

Hi there, I'm having the same problems getting mail alerts from mandrake control conter and from smartd.

I've searched logs and found these error messages in "messages" (all from smartd, nothing from control center)

Mar 4 12:34:51 skankpuss smartd[5746]: Sending warning via mail to xxx@localhost xxxx@xxxxx.co.uk ...
Mar 4 12:34:51 skankpuss smartd[5746]: Warning via mail to xxx@localhost xxxx@xxxxx.co.uk produced unexpected output (36 bytes) to STDOUT/STDERR: sh: line 1: mail: command not found
Mar 4 12:34:51 skankpuss smartd[5746]: Warning via mail to xxx@localhost xxxx@xxxxx.co.uk: failed (32-bit/8-bit exit status: 32512/127)
Mar 4 12:34:53 skankpuss sendmail: sendmail.sendmail startup succeeded
Mar 4 12:34:53 skankpuss sendmail: sm-client startup succeeded

I installed and started postfix, and I still get
#bash: mail: command not found
if I enter mail on a console

I'd appreciate it if someone could help out too.

I got this to work, you need to add a mail program (like mailx, I think i added a few of them, postfix, sendmail, etc!)
I then configured the firewall to allow mail server actions,
then set up kmail to receive them.

The mandrake alert system is really not worth the bother though... It will tell you if the load on your computer is huge... by saying the load is huge (N). N is a number with no units, and as far as I can see very little use.

It will also tell you whether your mail system stops working, although it won't because it has no way of doing it because the mail system has stopped working!

I'm sure there's logic in there somewhere... and at least it's working now!