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Date:      Mon, 17 Nov 2003 21:41:02 +0100
From:      Kurt Jaeger <lists@complx.LF.net>
To:        Damian Gerow <damian@sentex.net>
Cc:        isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Daily/weekly/monthly output aggregation
Message-ID:  <20031117204102.GI61630@complx.LF.net>
In-Reply-To: <20031117203641.GG98840@sentex.net>
References:  <20031117203641.GG98840@sentex.net>

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Hi!

On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 03:36:41PM -0500, Damian Gerow wrote:
> I 'read' roots e-mail on only a handful of systems (~50, I'd say).

Same here.

> I have a couple of ideas for a periodic status output aggregation system,
> but before I try to re-invent the wheel, what do other people do with root's
> e-mail?  Read it individually?  Parse it, and only pass on the interesting
> tidbits?  Flat out ignore it, and use other utilities to check system
> sanity?  (I've pondered doing this last one many a time.)

We plan to replace the mailed output by centrally collecting the
results and defining some sort of "needs action" output.

But, well, we're not yet there. We need a solution, as well.

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