Re: Snmptrapd trap handler

>I've written a replacement for the traptoemail script that is
>distributed with the net-snmp package for use with the snmptrapd.


>In addition, it provides some basic filtering of traps, allowing
>certain events to be picked out, based on, for example, hostname,
>switch port, mac address, etc.  It can then send email as as a
>response to a filter match.  This has been used to watch for machine's
>MAC address appearing somewhere on our network, or alarming on link
>state changes on specific switch ports.  Our philosophy of traps is to
>log everything but only send mail on significant events, and the
>filtering helps restrain the deluge that can occur.

>If anyone's interested in trying it out then I can provide source, or
>binaries for the above mentioned machines.

Hi Mark,

 I'm interested in trying your handler, our envirment isn't as big but
we could use some of the same features.
We're running linux here, but the source might be helpful.

Thanks,

Tom de