=head2 Message Templates
-Notification messages formats are determined by the templates in the
-C<%TEMPLATES> variable in the F<spong.message> file. Templates are seached
-according to the following order: 'contact:module', 'module', 'contact',
-'DEFAULT'.
-
-Any text in a template string is added verbatim to the message. The list of
-substituation variables can be added to the template strings.
-
-=over
-
-=item !!HOST!!
-
-Full domain of the system of the event message.
-
-=item !!SHORTHOST!!
-
-The short host name of the system of the event message.
-
-=item !!COLOR!! and !!STATUS!!
-
-The status color ('green', 'yellow', or 'red') of the status message.
-
-=item !!WWWSPONG!!
-
-The $WWWSPONG url variable from the F<spong.conf> configuration variable.
-
-=item !!SUMMARY!!
-
-The summary message field in the status message.
-
-=item !!DETAILED!!
-
-The detailed message field of the status message. The value of this variable
-can be very large and have multple lines of text.
-
-=item !!CURTIME!!
-
-The current system time formatted according to $DATETIMEFMT
-
-=item !!DATE!!
-
-The date of the event message formatted according to $DATEFMT
-
-=item !!TIME!!
-
-The date of the event message formmated according to $TIMEFMT
-
-=item !!DATETIME!!
-
-The date/time of the event message formateed according to $DATETIMEFMT
-
-=back
+Notification messages are formatted by message templates in the %TEMPLATES
+configuration variable in the F<spong.message> file. The 'DEFAULT' template
+is use is no other tempate is found. Templates override can be defined for any
+contact, message module, or a combination of the two. See
+L<spong.message|"MESSAGE TEMPLATES"> for information on the file format.
=head2 Messaging Modules