mailx notify example

[Andy Deckowitz]

Andrew Kirch wrote:
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> I'm trying to cook up a mailx method to send a custom e-mail message on
> a failure/return from failure that's a bit easier to read on a
> cellphone's small display.  Has anyone used mailx before for this
> purpose, and if so do you have an example?
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> Andrew D Kirch - AllThingsIT
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I don't use mailx but mail for something similar to this - I'm 
overriding mail and creating a new method pager as follows.  The 
difference is %M - whether or not the message body is appended.

Method "mail" {
        command:        /usr/sbin/sendmail -t
        send:           To: %R\nFrom: %F\nSubject: Argus%E %o is %S\n\n%M\n
        }

Method "pager" {
        command:        /usr/sbin/sendmail -t
        send:           To: %R\nFrom: %F\nSubject: Argus:%E %o is %S\n
        }

I then have notify directives as follows.

Group "something" {
       mail_from:       something at mysite.com
       notify:            
mail:primary.administrator at example.com,secondary.administrator at example.com
       notifyalso:      pager:urgent.messages at pager.example.com
       etc.
}

Sorry for the slow response, I don't check this folder very often :)