Automated monitoring of a remote system that sends email alerts.

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Published on 2011-01-17T22:06:31Z Indexed on 2011/01/17 22:55 UTC
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I need to monitor a remote system where the only access I have is that I can subscribe to email alerts of completed/failed jobs. I would like a system that can monitor these emails and provide an SMS or other alert when:

  • An email indicates failure.
  • A process that was expected to complete by a given time has not.
  • A process that was expected to complete N minutes after completion of another process has not completed.

Are there any existing tools that allow this? I'd consider any option - SaaS, open-source, COTS, as long as I don't have to write it myself!

Cheers,

Blake

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