Smokeping_probes_SendEmail(3)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is Smokeping_probes_SendEmail(3) from SmokePing, and it's the manual page for Smokeping::probes::SendEmail — a Smokeping probe that measures the time needed to send an mail 💌

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here's the config vibe, no cap. This is the full synopsis:

        *** Probes ***

        +SendEmail

        bodysize = 1024
        forks = 5
        from = test@test.com # mandatory
        offset = 50%
        step = 300
        subject = Test Smokeping
        timeout = 15
        to = test@test.com # mandatory

        # The following variables can be overridden in each target section
        /^influx_.+/ = influx_location = In the basement
        pings = 5
        port = 25

        # [...]

        *** Targets ***

        probe = SendEmail # if this should be the default probe

        # [...]

        + mytarget
        # probe = SendEmail # if the default probe is something else
        host = my.host
        /^influx_.+/ = influx_location = In the basement
        pings = 5
        port = 25

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this probe actually sends a mail to a MX server and measures the time it took. You can choose the sender address, the recipient address, and the size of the mail. That's the whole vibe 💅

🌸 VARIABLES 🌸

💅 Supported probe-specific variables

• bodysize — Size of the mail to send in bytes. If set to 0, a default mail content will be set. Note that mail always contain From, To and Subject headers.
  • Example value: 1024
  • Default value: 0
• forks — Run this many concurrent processes at maximum.
  • Example value: 5
  • Default value: 5
• from — Mail from address.
  • Example value: test@test.com
  • This setting is mandatory.
• offset — If you run many probes concurrently you may want to prevent them from hitting your network all at the same time. Using the probe-specific offset parameter you can change the point in time when each probe will be run. Offset is specified in % of total interval, or alternatively as 'random', and the offset from the 'General' section is used if nothing is specified here. Note that this does NOT influence the rrds itself, it is just a matter of when data acquisition is initiated. (This variable is only applicable if the variable 'concurrentprobes' is set in the 'General' section.)
  • Example value: 50%
• step — Duration of the base interval that this probe should use, if different from the one specified in the 'Database' section. Note that the step in the RRD files is fixed when they are originally generated, and if you change the step parameter afterwards, you'll have to delete the old RRD files or somehow convert them. (This variable is only applicable if the variable 'concurrentprobes' is set in the 'General' section.)
  • Example value: 300
• subject — Subject of the mail.
  • Example value: Test Smokeping
  • Default value: Test
• timeout — How long a single 'ping' takes at maximum.
  • Example value: 15
  • Default value: 5
• to — Rcpt to address.
  • Example value: test@test.com
  • This setting is mandatory.

🎀 Supported target-specific variables

• /^influx_.+/ — This is a tag that will be sent to influxdb and has no impact on the probe measurement. The tag name will be sent without the "influx_" prefix, which will be replaced with "tag_" instead. Tags can be used for filtering.
  • Example value: influx_location = In the basement
• pings — How many pings should be sent to each target, if different from the global value specified in the Database section. Note that the number of pings in the RRD files is fixed when they are originally generated, and if you change this parameter afterwards, you'll have to delete the old RRD files or somehow convert them.
  • Example value: 5
• port — Port of the SMTP server to reach.
  • Example value: 25
  • Default value: 25

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Florian Coulmier <florian@coulmier.fr>,

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

smokeping_extend

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