eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by XChgSmtpReceiveTest

Smtp Receive connectors are configured on computers that are running Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and that have Hub Transport and Edge Transport server roles installed. The Smtp Receive Connector represents a logical gateway through which inbound messages are received. This test monitors the statistics of smtp receive connectors.

Using this test, you can periodically observe the traffic conducted by the Receive connectors, and be promptly alerted when the connector rejects messages.

 The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Current_connections Indicates the current number of outbound connections from the SMTP Receive connectors. Number  
Message_receive_rate Indicates the number of messages received by the SMTP Receive connector each second. Msgs / Sec This is a good indicator of the load on the Receive connector.
Msg_bytes_receive_rate Indicates the number of bytes received per second. KB/Sec This is a good indicator of the load on the Receive connector.
Msgs_refused_for_size Indicates the number of messages that were rejected currently because they were too big. Number Ideally, this value should be 0.
Avg_bytes_per_msg The average number of message bytes per inbound message received. KB  
Avg_recipients_per_msg Indicates the average recipients per message handled by this SMTP Receive connector. Recipients/Msg  
Avg_bytes_per_connection Indicates the average number of bytes received per connection. KB  
Avg_msgs_per_connection Indicates the average number of message bytes per inbound message received. Number