I'm sure many people have regexes with expressions like host[0-9].whatever.com to cover multiple hosts in alert HOST groups. It would be useful to be able to have a HOST statement within a group, eg:
$LINUX=host[0-9].whatever.com
HOST=%$LINUX COLOR=RED
MAIL user-5402f460c2cd@xymon.invalid
HOST host4.whatever.com MAIL user-4535cadbc002@xymon.invalid SERVICE=http
HOST !%host[25].whatever.com MAIL user-b08842d0d252@xymon.invalid
As it is, I now have to rename 'host4', etc, in xymon and create separate HOST statements.
Although I don't have as great a need for this capability in analysis.cfg, it makes sense to have it there as well.
Is this something others want?