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Exercise 1

Track SMTP Messages with System Monitor

In this exercise, you will track SMTP message traffic by using System Monitor. You will generate

SMTP traffic by using the utility MailTest.

Scenario

Your company uses SMTP to communicate with a partner company. You want to track SMTP

traffic trends to predict when to add another SMTP bridgehead server.

Tasks Detailed Steps

Note: In this exercise, you will work with a partner. You will need to know your partner’s server name and

e-mail address.

a. Click Start, click Run, and in the Open box, type

1. Install MailTest from

D:\MOC\1572A\MTSET.EXE and click OK.

D:\MOC\1572A\MTSET.E

XE

b. On the Welcome to the MailTest installation program page, click

Continue.

c. Click OK to accept the default install folder of C:\MailTest.

d. Click Continue to accept the default program group.

e. When MailTest install completes successfully, click OK.

a. Open your_firstname Console.

2. Add the System Monitor

Control to your_firstname

b. Click Console and then click Add/Remove Snap-in.

Console.

c. Click Add.

d. Click ActiveX Control, and then click Add.

e. On the Insert ActiveX Control page, click Next.

f. Click System Monitor Control, and then click Next.

g. Click Finish to accept the default name.

h. Click Close on the Add Standalone Snap-in dialog box.

i. Click OK to close the Add/Remove Snap-in dialog box.

3. Add the following SMTP

a. In the console tree, click System Monitor Control.

counters:

b. In the System Monitor toolbar, click +.

• Categorizer Queue

c. In the Performance Object drop-down list, click SMTP Server.

Length

d. In the Select counters from list box, click Categorizer Queue

• Local Queue Length

Length, and then click Add.

• Message Bytes

e. In the Select counters from list box , click Local Queue Length, and

Received/sec

then click Add.

f. In the Select counters from list box, click Message Bytes

Received/sec, and then click Add.

g. Click Close to close the Add Counters dialog box.

a. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Exchange MailTest, and then

4. Send SMTP Messages to

your lab partner using

click MailTest.

MailTest. Configure

b. Click the SMTP tab.

MailTest to send 4 copies of

c. Click Options and then click Configuration.

the

d:\moc\1572a\message.eml

d. Click the Files tab, and then click Path.

message 10 times to your

e. Set the drive to [-d-], double-click [MOC], double-click [1572a], and

partner, and then start the

then click OK.

test.

f. Click message.eml, and then click Add four times to add four copies

of a 2.9MB test message to your test.

g. Click the Duration tab, click Time(s), and then type 10 in the Time(s)

box.

h. Click the Recipients tab, and then click Server.

i. Type your partner’s server name in the Enter SMTP server box, and

j. Click Rcpt To, type your partner’s SMTP address in the SMTP

Recipients box and then click OK. The address should be in the format

[email protected].

k. Select 2

^nd

Server from the Send to drop-down list.

l. Click Server, in the Enter SMTP server box, type your partner’s

server name, and then click OK.

m. Click Rcpt To, in the SMTP Recipients box, type

[email protected] where domain is your partner’s

domain name, and then click OK.

n. Select the Send to Both Servers check box.

o. Click OK to close the Configuration dialog box.

p. Click Start to start the mail test.

5. Watch System Monitor and

a. Switch to your_firstname Console.

view the report to verify that

b. Verify that System Monitor Control is selected.

there is no backup in your

c. Watch the activity on the monitors to verify that there is no backup in

queues.

your queues.

d. Click the View Report icon on the System Monitor toolbar, and review

the information.

Note: Verify that your partner has finished the previous tasks before continuing.

6. Delete all test messages

a. Start Outlook.

from Outlook.

b. On the Edit menu, click Select All.

c. On the toolbar, click Delete.