timeout, frequency, and retries are not working properly for ping service

[Rionel.J Jeudy]

Based on my config could someone tells me why
frequency, retries, and timeout are not working?
I am thinking argus should check a down node
for approximately 5 minutes.
I've been getting E-mail ( Up and Down)
every 2 minutes.
I would like to increase the time argus check
before an E-mail is sent to take in account slow traffic,
lost ping and so on...


Sample of my config:

# locations of various items on web pages
sirensong:      /sound/whoopwhoop.wav
bkgimage:       /img/argus.logo.gif
icon:           /img/smile.gif
icon_down:      /img/sad.gif
nospkr_icon:    /img/nospkr.gif
style_sheet:    /argus.css

# send messages to syslog
syslog:         daemon

# who should be notified when things break?
#notify:                mail:support at example.com
notify:                        mail:rionelj at gmail.com

# don't summarize notifications
nolotsmsgs:     yes

# enable built in tcp test port
test_port:      3075

# enable built in resolver
Resolv


######################################################################################
#####
#####                                MAIL FORMAT
######################################################################################

 Method "mail" {
              command:        sendmail -t
              send:           To: %R\nFrom:%F\nSubject: %O{note} is %S\n\%M\n
             }

######################################################################################
Group "Terminal Servers" {
frequency: 60
retries: 5
timeout: 30
renotify: 86400

 Host "term01 10.205.1.228 UNITED STATES" {
 label: term01 10.205.1.228 UNITED STATES
  hostname: 10.205.1.228
 note: term01
 service Ping
 }

 Host "term01 10.205.1.229 UNITED STATES" {
 label: term02 10.205.1.229 UNITED STATES
  hostname: 10.205.1.229
 note: term02
 service Ping
}
}