Use an IMAP check with ActiveXperts Network Monitor
ActiveXperts Network Monitor is a software solution you need to scan your network servers, workstations and devices for failures or irregularities. With ActiveXperts Network Monitor, you can identify issues and fix unexpected problems before your others even know they've happened.ActiveXperts Network Monitor maximizes network availability by monitoring all aspects of your servers, workstations, switches, routers, printers and any other devices. It can also detect temperature, humidity and other environmental aspects in your server rooms.
IMAP4 is the latest Internet e-mail protocol and is supported by many few e-mail servers and the majority of the e-mail clients (incl. Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, Netscape Messaging, Eudora Pro). IMAP4 can be used as a replacement for the POP3 protocol. With IMAP4, messages are stored and manipulated on the mail server wheras with POP3 messages are offloaded from the mail server and stored on the mail client.
ActiveXperts Network Monitor can check IMAP4 compliant mail servers by establishing a connection on the remote IMAP4 port (usually port 143) and do a handshake. By handshaking, ActiveXperts Network Monitor can verify that the remote server's SMTP protocol is working well.
A IMAP4 Mail Server rule takes the following parameters:
- Host - Hostname or IP address of the server to be monitored;
- Port - TCP port number of the IMAP protocol. Default: 143;
- Send command when connected - As soon as connection is established, send a command. By default, no command string will be sent;
- Response must include string - when connected, optionally send a command. Then wait for the response. The default response for IMAP servers includes: 'IMAP';
- Timeout - Number of milliseconds before the check will timeout. Usually, a connection to the server will be established within 1 second. However, some slow/busy server need more time. Recommended value is 7000 milliseconds.
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