# Re: Mdadm opinion request

- List: linux-raid
- 1 message, 1 author
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-raid/2021/09/6640692/t

## Re: Mdadm opinion request

- From: Kusiak, Mateusz \<hidden\>
- Date: 2021-09-29 08:07:35 
- Message: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-raid/2021/09/6640692.md

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Added linux-raid to recipients, as it should be in original message,
sorry for inconvenience.

On 28/09/2021 23:08, Jes Sorensen wrote:
> On 9/28/21 5:28 AM, Kusiak, Mateusz wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> We've discovered an issue with mdadm monitor not checking if sendmail is
>> installed on the system. Software displays error:
>>      "/usr/sbin/sendmail: No such file or directory"
>> and continues to work.
>>
>> We have two ways to use mdmonitor:
>> - system wide mode (--scan option); this require --mail or --syslog,
>> notifications are mandatory.
>> - container/array tracking mode; notifications are optional.
>>
>> Providing wrong email does not stop mdmonitor, neither removing postfix.
>> There is a way to avoid mails in each mode, so why not make it
>> configurable globally? Any thoughts?
>>
>> Mateusz Kusiak
>>
> 
> Seems reasonable to me to make it configurable rather than implicit
> enforce it in one mode and not the other.
> 
> Jes
> 
```