Qmail Delivery Test

This test tracks key statistics pertaining to the delivery status of messages.

Target of the test : A Qmail server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every Qmail server being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter Description

Test period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The host on which the Qmail server is executing.

Port

The port at which the Qmail server listens.

LogDir

This test parses the qmail log files to extract the required measures. Therefore, in the LogDir text box here, specify the complete path to the qmail log directory, which stores the log files. For example, /var/log/qmail.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Delivery attempts

The number of delivery attempts during the last measurement period.

Number

 

Success deliveries

The number of successful deliveries during the last measurement period.

Number

 

Failures

The number of delivery attempts that failed

Number

 

Deferrals

The number of delivery attempts that were deferred.

Number

 

Remote success

The number of remote successful deliveries.

Number

 

Local success

The number of local successful deliveries.

Number

 

Rate of mail delivery

The rate at which the delivery attempts were made.

Operations/Sec

 

Rate of success

The rate at which messages were successfully delivered.

Operations/Sec