Monitoring MAPI Message Counts

CuWatson · Post by **CuWatson** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 12:50 pm

We have an internal application that processes e-mail coming into an Exchange mailbox, and generally when that application fails the "Unread Messages" count for the Inbox starts to rise. What is the easiest way to monitor down to this level so we can be alerted when the unread message count gets above 50 or so? Is there a canned script and what's the best scripting engine, in your opinion (CScript, VBScript, etc.)?

Thanks.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 8:57 pm

Probably you don't need any script? As I know Microsoft Exchange supports IMAP protocol. HostMonitor using IMAP test can check how many messages (total or new since last check) contains specified mailbox.
Or this method is not what do you need? E.g. if you cannot move processed message to another folder, etc

Regards
Alex

CuWatson · Post by **CuWatson** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 10:04 am

I've tried the IMAP test but it keeps coming back w/ a "Bad" status, even when the mailbox should be fine. I have the respective mailbox listed in the appropriate "Check mailbox" field, but I actually want to get the monitoring down to the Inbox level. So I don't know if it's returning a "Bad" status based on all the messages in the mailbox or the ones coming into the Inbox folder.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:42 pm

What do you see in "Reply" field?
If you see number of messages or total size of the messages or response time (depends on settings), HostMonitor performs the test. Otherwise "Bad" status means "login error" or "invalid mail box".

Regards
Alex