5.37 SMTPQueues

Use this Knowledge Script to monitor the length of the following SMTP queues:

  • Categorizer queue

  • Local queue

  • Local Retry queue

  • Remote queue

  • Remote Retry queue

This script raises an event if any queue length exceeds the threshold you set.

5.37.1 Resource Object

SMTP folder

5.37.2 Default Schedule

The default interval for this script is Every 10 minutes.

5.37.3 Setting Parameter Values

Set the following parameters as needed:

Parameter

How to Set It

Event?

Set to y to raise an event if a queue length exceeds the threshold you set. The default is y.

Collect data?

Set to y to collect data for charts and reports. If enabled, data collection returns the queue length for each SMTP queue. The default is n.

SMTP Categorizer queue length

Specify the maximum number of processes that can be in the SMTP Categorizer queue before an event is raised. The default is 10.

SMTP Local queue length

Specify the maximum number of processes that can be in the SMTP Local queue before an event is raised. The default is 10.

SMTP Local Retry queue length

Specify the maximum number of processes that can be in the SMTP Local Retry queue before an event is raised. The default is 5.

SMTP Remote queue length

Specify the maximum number of processes that can be in the SMTP Remote queue before an event is raised. The default is 10.

SMTP Remote Retry queue length

Specify the maximum number of processes that can be in the SMTP Remote Retry queue before an event is raised. The default is 5.

Event severity

Set the event severity level, from 1 to 40, to indicate the importance of an event in which a queue length exceeds the threshold you set. The default is 8 (red event indicator).