config/sysalert.ini

@@ -29,10 +29,3 @@ alert_method=sysalert.email
 #mail_to=root <root@localhost>
 smtp_host=localhost
 
-# Specific services can have their own configuration
-# If you have an unstable service that sometimes fails three times
-# before it recovers you can override max_failures for this service
-# by adding a section named after that service:
-#
-#[unstable.service]
-#max_failures=3

src/sysalert/email.py

@@ -50,11 +50,7 @@ def failure(name, failures, config):
     reader.add_match(MONITOR_INVOCATION_ID=latest_inv_id)
     reader.add_disjunction()
     reader.add_match(_SYSTEMD_INVOCATION_ID=latest_inv_id)
-    journal_txt = "\n".join(
-            [
-                entry["MESSAGE"]
-                for entry in list(reader)[-200:]
-            ])
+    journal_txt = "\n".join([entry['MESSAGE'] for entry in reader])
 
     if nr_failures <= 1:
         subject=f"{hostname} - {name}: failure"