Dan, I wish that the monitoring service could be used on a separate box (preferably at a different location), that way there would still be a way of knowing whether the services included could be reached from the "real" world. I have gotten the most use out of it by monitoring our back-up mail server at a different location. It can check any IP address, regardless of whether it is connected to your network or not.
William Van Hefner System Administrator Vantek Communications, Inc. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Horne > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 7:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Monitor emailed notifications > > > That is correct, however Imail's monitor doesn't include the functionality > to monitor whether a server is powered up, it is only designed to check > whether services are running. So, for what the monitor is > designed to do, a > modem works great. It is meant to monitor whether the Imail services are > running and whether other services necessary to Imail are > running. I never > meant to imply that this should take the place of enterprise-wide server > monitoring. It is a good utility for what it does, though. > > It has saved my rear axle a few times. A while back our SMTP > service would > drop out intermittently, and the monitor notified me via text > message to my > cell phone that it was happening. Turned out to be the MSSMTP service had > somehow gotten enabled again and was conflicting, causing the > imail smtp to > shut down. > > In this case, our enterprise server monitoring application was > only checking > to see if port 25 responded, so it didn't do us any good. Imail was > specifically monitoring SMTPD32, so it let us know when it got > knocked out. > > > Dan Horne, CCNA > Systems Administrator > TAIS Web > Wilcox World Travel & Tours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------------- > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: > This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the > intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is > prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact > the sender > by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >>William Van Hefner > >>Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 10:16 AM > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Monitor emailed notifications > >> > >> > >>Dan, > >> > >>I have found that in most cases the box itself (and/or the > >>OS) is more likely to be down than just iMail all by itself. > >>Those two situations would both render the modem and > >>notification software inoperable. I have never had iMail crap > >>out on me all by itself. It's always been a hardware failure > >>or the OS locking up entirely. Thus, I am still of the > >>opinion that iMail's monitoring service is of more use where > >>you are monitoring access to an outside network. > >> > >> > >>William Van Hefner > >>System Administrator > >>Vantek Communications, Inc. > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Horne > >>> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 6:17 AM > >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Monitor emailed notifications > >>> > >>> > >>> >>How is the thing going to notify you via e-mail > >>> >>if the e-mail server it is on is down?!!? > >>> > >>> With a modem on the server and a backup mail server or a pager or a > >>> cell phone. > >>> > >>> > >>> Dan Horne, CCNA > >>> Systems Administrator > >>> TAIS Web > >>> Wilcox World Travel & Tours > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------- > >>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: > >>> This email message, including any attachments, is for the > >>sole use of > >>> the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > >>privileged > >>> information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > >>distribution > >>> is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, > >>please contact > >>> the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original > >>> message. > >>> > >>> > >>> >>-----Original Message----- > >>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William > >>> >>Van Hefner > >>> >>Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 11:34 PM > >>> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> >>Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Monitor emailed notifications > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >>Katie, > >>> >> > >>> >>I have used it. It works fine, unless you are monitoring your own > >>> >>server. How is the thing going to notify you via e-mail if the > >>> >>e-mail server it is on is down?!!? I use it to monitor > >>stuff on my > >>> >>other network. I find it to be quite useless for > >>monitoring the box > >>> >>(or even the network) it is placed on. > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >>William Van Hefner > >>> >>System Administrator > >>> >> > >>> >>Vantek Communications, Inc. > >>> >>555 H St., Ste. C > >>> >>P.O. Box 155 > >>> >>Eureka, CA 95502-0155 > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > >>Of Katie La > >>> >>> Salle-Lowery > >>> >>> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 2:03 PM > >>> >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> >>> Subject: [IMail Forum] Monitor emailed notifications > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> Has anyone used the Monitor's email notification? With > >>> >>success? I'm > >>> >>> trying for the first time and not having any luck. > >>> >>> > >>> >>> Thanks, > >>> >>> Katie > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >>> To Unsubscribe: > >>http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing->>lists.html > >>> >>> List > >>Archive: > >>> >>> > >>http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > >>> >>> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > >>> >>> --- > >>> >>> [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >> > >>> >>--- > >>> >>[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >>To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > >>> >>List Archive: > >>> >>http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%>>40list.ipswitch.com/ > >>> >> > >>> >>Knowledge Base/FAQ: > >>> >>http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > >>> >> > >>> > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > >>> List Archive: > >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > >>> Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > >>> --- > >>> [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > >>> > >>> > >> > >>--- > >>[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > >> > >> > >>To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > >>List Archive: > >>http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%>>40list.ipswitch.com/ > >> > >>Knowledge Base/FAQ: > >>http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > >> > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > --- > [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
