Verifying the email delivery completion

[Francisco Neira]

2011/3/13 C. Bensend <benny at bennyvision.com>

>
> > I had been successfuly using check_smtp to verify the SMTP service.
> > Few days ago, one of our SMTP servers was still listening on 25 but
> > messages
> > where all rejected with a 451 error. (451 mail server temporarily
> rejected
> > message (#4.3.0))
> > Is there any way to verify the email delivery completion?
>
> Check out check_email_delivery:
>
>
> http://exchange.nagios.org/directory/Plugins/Email-and-Groupware/check_email_delivery/details
>
> It will check email *delivery*, not just listening on a port - from
> email submission via SMTP through the reception of the same email
> to a mailbox via POP3 or IMAP, and will alert upon problems at any
> phase in the process.
>
> Benny
>



Worked like a charm! I not only tested SMTP but also IMAP authentication.

Thanks a lot, Ben!



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Francisco Neira, ISO 27002
Usuario Linux # 165985
ISACA No.565432, IEEE No.90934498
Lima, Peru -05:00 GMT
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