Spotlight on Exchange? http://www.quest.com/spotlight-on-exchange/
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Bob Peitzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Worth looking into. > > Thanks, John. > > Regards, > > - Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matteson, John H Jr USA Mr USA 25th SigBN (ITT) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 8:32 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: How to pinpoint source of high traffic volume > > You can download (can remember the exact name of the product) Foglight or > Searchlight for Exchange. It can suck up all the transaction logs/tracking > logs on a server and give you a quick overview of who's sending what. > > Then again, Crystal Reports can do the same thing for you, if you have > someone that can set it all up. There were some templates for early > Exchange, > 4.0 or 5.0, that were given away for free, but I'm not sure for E2k, E2k3 > or > E2k7. > > > John H. Matteson, Jr. > Systems Administrator/ITT Systems > FOB Orgun-E > Afghanistan > DSN - 318 431 8001 > VoSIP - (308) 431 - 0000 > Iridium - 717.633.3823 > Roshain - 079 - 736 - 3832 > > "A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group > in > America has not yet become an American. And the man who goes among you to > trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the Stars and > Stripes." Woodrow Wilson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Peitzke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 11:08 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: How to pinpoint source of high traffic volume > > I didn't see anything stuck in any of the message queues. > > Msg limits - global: 100 MB; connector: no "allowed sizes" limit; SMTP > virtual server: no limit. > > This is in our Paris office. I don't know of any Mac users there. > > It's back to normal now, so no panic. > > But it made me realize that I need a better way to analyze traffic surges. > > - Bob > > ________________________________ > > From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 9:41 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: RE: How to pinpoint source of high traffic volume > > > > Look at the message queues. > > > > If you see nothing there - hmmm. Do you have Mac users with Entourage? > Do you have a message size limit? > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > MCSE/Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > From: Bob Peitzke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:32 PM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: How to pinpoint source of high traffic volume > > > > This morning I noticed one of our Exchange 2000 servers has an abnormally > high number of log files, and seems to be filling one about every 5 - 10 > minutes. Since no mailboxes have grown, I figure it must be outbound > traffic, as if a PC is acting as a spam zombie. Relaying is restricted to > three specific hosts within subnet. > > > > There must be a way to pinpoint the source of the traffic, right? Turn up > some logging? I'm looking for it, but would appreciate advice from > someone > who works in this area more often than I do. > > > > Grateful for any advice. > > Bob Peitzke > Senior IT Manager > Colony Advisors, LLC > Century City, CA, USA > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
