Hi Sam, Can you please tell me what freeware do you use? I would love to set up something similar like your instead of purchasing outside service. We currently use cacti for network monitoring, so I'll try to see if I can do this with cacti.
BTW, I found a number of other company offer the same monitor service: - http://www.alertsite.com/ - http://www.siterecon.com/PricingEmail.aspx Thanks, Albert On Feb 19, 2008 9:29 PM, Sam Cayze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 ~
