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Goodmorning,

My Nagios server is getting better & better.

I would like to thank you for your support so far

But, (there is always a but..) I got another question.

we have a Exchange 2010 server, which connects to an anti-spam server which connects to the outsite.

I want to make an advanced mail flow test to an external server. (like hotmail or gmail)

i need a script or idea to monitor:
-Mails that have been send by my Exchange 2010 server to an external server + check if the mail is successfully recieved.
-Mail thats have been send by an external server + check if the mail is succesfully recieved in my Exchange 2010.

i love to hear your ideas!

Kind regards,
Martijn

Perhaps this might help:

https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... ry/details

Or this:

https://exchange.nagios.org/directory/P ... op/details

Thank you for your reaction,

i looked into this scripts, but this script are'nt enough. for example: the 'check email send' gives an OK status even when the mail is send to an unexisting mail adress.

i want/(need!) the full control of the mail cycle (from sender mailbox to recieve mailbox and vice versa.) Even if this means i need to create another mail server with an external adress.

Kinds regards,
Martijn

Yes it sounds like you're going to need to create your own plugin / checking method here.

thank you for your reply.

i will look into that.

I'll leave this open should you have any questions as you begin working on your plugin.

well, i did some research and i managed to create a workaround.

i am monitoring the incomming and outgoing mailqueue's of our spam appliance so that will cover the outsite mail.

Now to monitor the rest of the mailflow i used the build-in 'mail delivery plugin' and used the SMTP server and the IMAP server of our own Exchange server.

I stil need to make some documentation about this, but my problems are solved

Awesome! Glad you were able to get it working.

Going to close this thread out, but feel free to make a new thread if you have any questions in the future.