echo -e 'QUIT\n' | nc slartibartfast 110
+OK POP3 slartibartfast v7.59 server ready
+OK Sayonara

echo -e 'HELO sparrow.websense.net\nQUIT\n' | nc localhost 25
220 sparrow.websense.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.8.7/8.8.7; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 00:06:04 -0500
250 sparrow.websense.net Hello localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you
221 sparrow.websense.net closing connection

echo -e 'GET / HTTP/1.0\n\n' | nc localhost 80 | less
HTTP/1.1 200 OK

telnet localhost 22		#Why does this drop off from time to time?
SSH-1.5-1.2.19

ipchains -I output -p tcp -s monitormach/32 -d servermach/32 --destination-port port -j DENY 
ipchains -D output -p tcp -s monitormach/32 -d servermach/32 --destination-port port -j DENY

additional emails per host in hosts file, just look for 1 or more @'s and accumulate.
timeout override per service in portstatus.conf and additional emails for that service:
^80/tcp 0 0 3 0 http-admin@mydomain.com