Cannot open a connection to the mailserve 'localhost:25' -- Transport endpoint is not connected

[GreenLantern]

hello everyone, new monit user here.

I am trying to run a simple test program to monitor a simple test process
and send me an email alert.

here is my monitrc file:

*set daemon 30  # Poll at 60 second intervals for testing purposes.
 set httpd port 2812 and use address localhost
     allow localhost

 set mail-format {
        subject: $SERVICE $EVENT
        message: $HOST $DATE
        }

set alert address@hidden #receive all alerts to email

check process sleeper with pidfile "/monit/bin/sleeper.pid"
   start program = "/monit/bin/sleepercontrol start &"
   stop program = "/monit/bin/sleepercontrol stop"
   alert address@hidden on { nonexist }
*

the process it is running is called sleeper. monit does a fine job of
restarting the sleeper process when I terminal $ kill -9 <sleeper pid>

but when i run: $ monit -vId 20 -c monitrc

i get this: 

*Starting monit daemon with http interface at [localhost:2812]
Starting monit HTTP server at [localhost:2812]
monit HTTP server started
Monit started
Monit instance changed notification is sent to address@hidden
Cannot open a connection to the mailserver 'localhost:25' -- Transport
endpoint is not connected
No mail servers are available
Aborting event
*

any ideas? I can seem to figure this one out.

Thanks folks!




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