[tor-bugs] #12802 [BridgeDB]: BridgeDB needs Nagios checks for the Email Distributor

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#12802: BridgeDB needs Nagios checks for the Email Distributor
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     Reporter:  isis         |      Owner:  isis
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  accepted
     Priority:  major        |  Milestone:
    Component:  BridgeDB     |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:  bridgedb-email, nagios
Actual Points:               |  Parent ID:
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Changes (by isis):

 * status:  new => accepted


Comment:

 I marked #10916 as a duplicate of this ticket. The pertinent points made
 there were:

 Replying to [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10916
 sysrqb]:
 > After chatting with lunar about it we began discussing additional
 monitoring for the email distributor. The
 [http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Email-and-
 Groupware/check_email_delivery/details check_email_delivery] nagios plugin
 was suggested.

 and

 Replying to
 [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10916#comment:1 isis]:
 > Replying to [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10916
 sysrqb]:
 > > I also wondered if we should consider whitelisting tp.o addresses for
 use by the monitoring system (among other reasons).
 > >
 > We can't safely whitelist torproject.org email addresses because the
 torproject.org mailserver doesn't do DKIM. Because of this, I started
 adding a `(email_address, gpg_fingerprint)` whitelisting feature,
 requiring that such whitelisted addresses be signed with a particular key.
 (See #9332 and note that this feature would present a maintainability
 nightmare.)

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