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JohnFLi wrote:put the notify host back in the template, restarted the host, got a bogus email

This is because the notify command uses the $CONTACTEMAIL$ macro. This macro is populated by a contact object, not a host. So when the notify command is called from a host object, it cannot populate the macro, which usually ends up as a "$" in the shell command instead of an email address. Notification handlers should only be set on contact objects/templates.

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