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check_rbl(7)

check_rbl7

Check smtp black- or white- listing status

Usage

check_rbl -H hostname --server servername [options]

Overview

check_rbl is a Nagios plugin to check SMTP black- or white- listing status

Version

Version 1.7.0

Required arguments

  -H, --host=STRING    SMTP server to check. If hostname is given, it will be resolved to its IP first.
  -s, --server=STRING  RBL server (may be repeated)

Options

 -?, --usage
   Print usage information
 -h, --help
   Print detailed help screen
 -V, --version
   Print version information
 --extra-opts=[section][@file]
   Read options from an ini file. See https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/doc/extra-opts.html
   for usage and examples.
 -c, --critical=INTEGER
   Number of blacklisting servers for a critical warning
 -w, --warning=INTEGER
   Number of blacklisting servers for a warning
 -d, --debug
   Prints debugging information
 -U, --url=STRING
   URL to check. Will be ignored if host is set.
 -r, --retry=INTEGER
   Number of times to try a DNS query (default is 4) 
 --workers=INTEGER
   Number of parallel checks
 --whitelistings, --wl
   Check whitelistings instead of blacklistings
 --query-timeout=INTEGER
   Timeout of the RBL queries
 -a, --append=STRING
   Append string at the end of the plugin output
 -n, --nameserver=STRING
   Use this nameserver IP as DNS resolver (only one server is supported)
 -t, --timeout=INTEGER
   Seconds before plugin times out (default: 15)
 -v, --verbose
   Show details for command-line debugging (can repeat up to 3 times)

Examples

  check_rbl -t 30 -H matteocorti.ch -s zen.spamhaus.org -s bl.spamcop.net

Diagnostics

You can specify multiple --verbose options to increase the program verbosity. --debug can be used to display the process and internals of the querying mechanism.

Exit status

0 if OK, 1 in case of a warning, 2 in case of a critical status and 3 in case of an unknown problem

Dependencies

check_updates depends on

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Capture::Tiny

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Data::Validate::Domain

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Data::Validate::IP

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Getopt::Long

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IO::Select

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Monitoring::Plugin

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Monitoring::Plugin::Threshold

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Net::DNS

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Readonly

Configuration

Options can be specified in an ini file. See https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/doc/extra-opts.html

Incompatibilities

None reported.

Bugs and limitations

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at https://github.com/matteocorti/check_rbl/issues

Disclaimer of warranty

BECAUSE THIS SOFTWARE IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE SOFTWARE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE SOFTWARE PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION.

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Acknowledgments

Elan Ruusamäe for the improved parallel support and several fixes

Victor V Kudlak for parallel support

Jan Kantert for whitelistings support

History

  • Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm)
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye)
  • Debian 10 (Buster)
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Debian 8 (Jessie)
  • Debian 7 (Wheezy)

Author

Matteo Corti <[email protected]> See AUTHORS for the complete list

From monitoring-plugins-contrib 48.20250420 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.