Qmail Messages Test

This test returns message-centric performance metrics.

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

Messages transferred

The number of messages transferred.

Number

 

Data transferred

Data transferred by the mail server during the last measurement period.

KB

 

Bounce messages

The number of bounced messages.

Number

 

Thrown away messages

The number of messages that were discarded because they bounced thrice.

Number

 

Transfer rate

The rate at which bytes were transferred.

KB/Sec