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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:45:10 +0100
From: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>
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To: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
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Subject: Re: Email monitoring
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Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:26:03AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> What is the problem you are trying to solve?  
>> Email is blocked but there is no notification except "Hey, I haven't
>> gotten email in a while".
> 
> Adding a completely different address for that is not really a good monitor. 
> 
> There are at least these problems possible:
> 
> - routing problems
> - mail server problems
> - list server problems
> - machine failure problems
> - delivery problems
> 
> These each need different monitors, I suggest.  Let's work on those.

we actually do have monitoring for most if not all of the above 
mentioned things and more ...


Stefan