check_gmailunread.py

Project Notes

peter@blackbird:~/Code/nagiosplugins$ ./check_gmailunread.py
Error: no gmail user specified.
Usage: check_gmailunread.py -u email_user -p email_password -w warn_unread -c crit_unread
check_gmailunread.py -h for detailed help
check_gmailunread.py -V for version information

peter@blackbird:~/Code/nagiosplugins$ ./check_gmailunread.py -h
Nagios plugin to check how many unread emails are in a gmail account

Usage: check_gmailunread.py -u email_user -p email_password -w warn_unread -c crit_unread
check_gmailunread.py -h for detailed help
check_gmailunread.py -V for version information

Options:
-h
Print this help message.
-V
Print version information then exit.
-u gmail_user
User name of the gmail account.
For google enterprise accounts use the full email address:
eg, [email protected]
-p gmail_password
Password of the gmail account.
-w warn_count
Warning threshold count for unread emails.
-c crit_count
Critical threshold count for unread emails.

EXAMPLES:

Use full gmail email address:

peter@blackbird:~/Code/nagiosplugins$ ./check_gmailunread.py -u [email protected] -p secretpassword -w 150 -c 350
Unread email count for [email protected] is 238: WARNING
peter@blackbird:~/Code/nagiosplugins$

Use only gmail account name:

peter@blackbird:~/Code/nagiosplugins$ ./check_gmailunread.py -u joe.smith -p secretpassword -w 150 -c 350
Unread email count for joe.smith is 238: WARNING
peter@blackbird:~/Code/nagiosplugins$