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<p>What to do? I would fix this output but we must decide whats the future way.</p>
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<p>If you'd like to fix this right now, I'd let <code>check_smtp</code> spit out <code>SERVICE STATUS - [...]</code> consistently, as that's the format currently emitted by most other plugins.  We can discuss changing the output format (or making it configurable) for all plugins at a later point in time.</p>

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