Re: Changing `mail-format` for Multiple Recipients

[Martin Pala]

Hello,

you can override the mail format using single "set mail-format" statement 
(outside of any service check context):

--8<--
set mail-format {
   message: $DESCRIPTION

   The service is currently down. Please restart the application pool.

   Your faithful employee,
   Monit
 }
--8<--

Similarly it's not necessary to duplicate list of recipients in each service 
check, just use "set alert ...":

--8<--
set alert address@hidden
--8<--

Regards,
Martin



On 10 Sep 2014, at 09:50, David Aaron Fendley <address@hidden> wrote:

> I want to notify multiple email addresses with a custom mail-format on a 
> certain condition. The only way I have been able to do so is with:
> 
> ---
> 
> check host example.com with address example.com
>  if failed port 80 protocol HTTP
>    request "/"
>    with timeout 7 seconds
>  then alert
>  alert address@hidden with mail-format {
>    message: $DESCRIPTION
> 
>    The service is currently down. Please restart the application pool.
> 
>    Your faithful employee,
>    Monit
>  }
>  alert address@hidden with mail-format {
>    message: $DESCRIPTION
> 
>    The service is currently down. Please restart the application pool.
> 
>    Your faithful employee,
>    Monit
>  }
>  alert address@hidden with mail-format {
>    message: $DESCRIPTION
> 
>    The service is currently down. Please restart the application pool.
> 
>    Your faithful employee,
>    Monit
>  }
>  alert address@hidden with mail-format {
>    message: $DESCRIPTION
> 
>    The service is currently down. Please restart the application pool.
> 
>    Your faithful employee,
>    Monit
>  }
> 
> —
> 
> Must I duplicate `mail-format` each time? Note that I want to keep the 
> default `mail-format` for other notifications. I only want to modify it for 
> this specific check.
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