I set up an inhouse system that does this with Gmail and our exchange server and some freeware software. It will have gmail send me an SMS message if a message does not make a round robin loop between mail servers in a set amount of time. It's called a Round Robin process. I think there is another name too... Also, Alerta can do this is well, if you want the system hosted; http://www.alertra.com/ http://www.alertra.com/emailscript.php (End to End email monitoring) -Sam Cayze
________________________________ From: Albert L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:46 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Email flow monitor Hi Michael, I actually thinking about using a script or some software, send an email using our exchange to gmail. Then set the gmail to bounce back that email. If the bounce back email is within the allow time, then it's ok. Otherwise, an alarm goes off. That's pretty much the same concept with mailive. Anyhow, I'll give mailive a try :-). Thanks, On Feb 19, 2008 6:34 PM, Michael B. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I used mailive for a couple of years until last November (when I left that job). They were always great, very responsive, and they added a couple of reporting features that I asked for. I could've developed something similar to their service in a week or so (the core features), but at their price-point, it didn't make sense to do so. The real problem with doing something internally is just that - it's internal. You can do internal testing with just about anything: ServersAlive, WhatsUpGold, Nagios, whatever. In my opinion, a much more important measure is the external metric. That's where something like mailive is key. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Albert L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:29 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Email flow monitor Thanks Michael. I found maillive.com as well + a similar service on UK. Do you currently using maillive ? any comment on their service ? I'm thinking of setting up something myself on the company server, something similar to IsItUp. What do you think? On Feb 19, 2008 6:07 PM, Michael B. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: www.mailive.com A dollar a day. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Albert L [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:04 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Email flow monitor What do you guy use to monitor email flow? (i.e. some software that send email, check for the bounced back email, and if there's not bounced back email, send an alert) I am looking for one right now, preferably open source but open to anything, to monitor our email flow. Any recommendation? Thanks, Albert ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
