CHECK_RBL(7)						User Contributed Perl Documentation					      CHECK_RBL(7)

NAME

       "check_rbl" - a Nagios plugin to check if an SMTP server is blacklisted

DESCRIPTION

       check_rbl is a Nagios plugin to check if an SMTP server is blacklisted

VERSION

       Version 1.3.0

SYNOPSIS

       check_rbl [--help] [--verbose] [--version] [--timeout t]
			-H hostname --server servername
			[--critical n] [--warning n] [--workers n]

REQUIRED ARGUMENTS

	 -s, --server=STRING  RBL server (may be repeated)
	 -H, --host=STRING    SMTP server to check

OPTIONS

	-?, --usage				   Print usage information
	-h, --help				   Print detailed help screen
	-V, --version				   Print version information
	--extra-opts=[<section>[@<config_file>]]   Section and/or config_file from which to load extra options (may repeat)
	-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
	-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
	-t, --timeout=INTEGER			   Seconds before plugin times out (default: 15)
	-v, --verbose				   Show details for command-line debugging (can repeat up to 3 times)

EXAMPLE

	 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

       o   Getopt::Long

       o   IO::Select

       o   Nagios::Plugin

       o   Nagios::Plugin::Threshold

       o   Number::Format

       o   Net::DNS

       o   Readonly

CONFIGURATION

INCOMPATIBILITIES

       None reported.

SEE ALSO

       Nagios documentation

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

       No bugs have been reported.

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to matteo.corti@id.ethz.ch, or through the web interface at
       https://trac.id.ethz.ch/projects/nagios_plugins/newticket?component=check_rbl

AUTHOR

       Matteo Corti <matteo.corti@id.ethz.ch>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2010, Elan Ruusamae <glen@delfi.ee>

       Copyright (c) 2008-2011, Matteo Corti <matteo.corti@id.ethz.ch>

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of GNU general public license (gpl) version 3.  See
       the LICENSE file for details.

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.

       IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR
       REDISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE AS PERMITTED BY THE ABOVE LICENCE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR
       CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING
       RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER SOFTWARE), EVEN IF
       SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

       Elan Ruusamaee for the improved parallel support and several fixes

       Victor V Kudlak for parallel support

       Jan Kantert for whitelistings support

perl v5.14.2							    2012-07-02							      CHECK_RBL(7)