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GFI Network Server Monitor Configuring monitor functions • 47
• Login to mailbox – Select this option if you want to verify mail box
authentication on your mail server.
• Mail count in folder - Select this option if you want to count the
number of emails in a POP3 mail box. In addition, you must
specify the:
• Logical comparison operator: State if the count should be
‘equal to’, ‘not equal to’, ‘less than’, ‘less than or equal to’,
‘greater than’, ‘greater than or equal to’ a specified value.
• The value (i.e., the number of emails) to which the retrieved
count will be compared to.
NOTE: When the ‘Login to mailbox’ option is selected, alternative
credentials will be required so that this check can remotely log on to
the mailbox on your POP3 server. The New Check Wizard
automatically prompts you to configure these alternative credentials
(i.e., the user name and password) during the creation of this check.
After the check has been created, you can make changes to
alternative credentials from the Check properties dialog > ‘Logon
Credentials’ tab.
SMTP Mailserver check
GFI Network Server Monitor can check the availability of SMTP mail
servers. The SMTP Mailserver check initiates a handshake connection
to the remote SMTP port and through the replies received, it can verify
if the remote server’s SMTP protocol is working properly. This check
can also be configured to physically log on to the server (where
applicable) and gain access to the SMTP service. Once logon is
authorized, the SMTP check can also send a physical test email to a
target email address. This will verify that the SMTP service is indeed
running, accessible and delivering the required service to end users.
The SMTP check also supports logon to the SMTP server using SSL.
Through SSL, you can secure the transmission session by
electronically authenticating each end of an encrypted transmission.