Outgoing Mail

[niculear]

Hello, I have searched the forums, and internet but have been unable to find an solution to my problem. Currently host and service alerts are sent by 'User for Nagios', and I would like to change the outgoing email address. What is the easiest way to do this?

[agriffin]

Here is an answer from the Nagios Core FAQs. Another solution might be to edit the notify_host_by_email & notify_service_by_email commands to use the '-r' option (which will let you change the 'from' address but not the 'real name' part).

[crfriend]

An alternate to the solution posited in the FAQ it may be informative to see what the GECOS field in /etc/passwd has to say about the nagios user. If you're seeing spaces in the "From" address that's an indication that the GECOS field is being transmitted as part of the sender's e-mail address, e.g.: "User for Nagios" <nagios@host.example.org>

[Balmer]

That solution detailed in the faq doesn't work for me. I don't know how else to say it - I follow it exactly but can't customize the "from" line.