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nagios3 monitoring remote linux server

i have nagios3 and i monitor windows and linux server. My nagios server send mails if warning and criticaly something. But both mails send to only one mail address.

i would like nagios sends mails two diffrent mails addresses if windows meassages then windowswarning@domain.com ,if linux server messages then linuxwarning@domain.com

please help me to configure

thanks

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Error: Could not find any host matching 'server1' (config file '/etc /nagios3/objects/windows.cfg', starting on line 546)
Error: Could not expand hostgroups and/or hosts specified in service (config fil e '/etc/nagios3/objects/windows.cfg', starting on line 546)
Error processing object config files!

#contacts.cfg

###############################################################################
###############################################################################
#
# CONTACT GROUPS
#
###############################################################################
###############################################################################

# We only have one contact in this simple configuration file, so there is
# no need to create more than one contact group.

define contactgroup{
contactgroup_name admins
alias Nagios Administrators
members nagiosadmin
}
define contact{
contact_name linux_contact
use linux_contact
alias Linux admin
email mailaddress
}
define contactgroup{
contactgroup_name linux-admins
alias Linux Administrators
members linux_contact
}

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Warning: Duplicate definition found for contact 'nagiosadmin' (config file '/etc/nagios3/objects/contacts.cfg', starting on line 30)
Error: Could not add object property in file '/etc/nagios3/objects/contacts.cfg' on line 31.
Error processing object config files!

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#contact.cfg

###############################################################################
###############################################################################
#
# CONTACTS
#
###############################################################################
###############################################################################

# Just one contact defined by default - the Nagios admin (that's you)
# This contact definition inherits a lot of default values from the 'generic-contact'
# template which is defined elsewhere.

define contact{
contact_name nagiosadmin            ; Short name of user
      use                        generic-contact            ; Inherit default values from generic-contact template (defined above)
alias Nagios Admin            ; Full name of user

email nagios@localhost      ; <<***** CHANGE THIS TO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ******
}

define contact{
contact_name            linux_contact
use linux_contact
alias Linux admin
email mail@domain.com
}
define contactgroup{
contactgroup_name linux-admins
alias Linux Administrators
members linux_contact
}

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i changed before server1 to pass my hostname of server

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