@ Rob - The server I need to monitor is SBS / Exchange 2003. I don't know enough about Power Shell to know if your script would work with Exchange 2003. It sounds very cool though.
@ Michael - Thanks for the links. They appear to do what I need and I will testing them out this week. Thanks Matt On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com>wrote: > I use a similar tool. Thankfully, I have a server “in the cloud” where I > can run those types of tests. Companies that offer this kind of service > include: > > > > http://www2.catbird.com/our_services/email_s.shtml > > http://www.site24x7.com/mail-server-monitoring.html > > > > I have no affiliation with either. I have used Site24x7 before successfully > (in pre-PowerShell days). > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Campbell, Rob [mailto:rob_campb...@centraltechnology.net] > *Sent:* Friday, January 07, 2011 9:37 AM > > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Email performance tool? > > > > I did this using a powershell script and a scheduled task. > > > > About every half hour, the script would fire, and send an smtp email > through an external smtp relay, with a timestamp in the subject line. Then > it would wait 5 minutes, and check the message tracking log to see if that > message had been received, and could calculate how long the round trip time > was just from the Subject line. All the information I needed was in the > message tracking log, so I didn’t have to mess with opening a mailbox and > looking for the email there, and I set a transport rule to discard the > messages so I didn’t have to worry about them accumulating in a mailbox > somewhere. > > > > Don’t know if that’s something that would work in your environment or not. > > > > > > > > *From:* Matt Plahtinsky [mailto:cbusitl...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Friday, January 07, 2011 7:47 AM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Email performance tool? > > > > I'm looking for tool (preferably free or cheap) that can do > a specific email test and am not having any luck. I was hoping someone > could point me in the right direction. > > > > Here is what I need it to do. Send an email from an external account and > then check to see how long it takes to be delivered to an internal > exchange account. If the email takes longer than 5 minutes I would like to > be alerted. > > > > Thanks for any tips. > > > > Matt > > > > > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > ************************************************************************************************** > > Note: > > The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential > and > > protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended > > recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to > > the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you > > have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > > replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. > > ************************************************************************************************** > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist > --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe exchangelist
