Exchange 2010
There are a couple quick and easy methods which can be used to return the round-trip SMTP tests.
Either way no extra software or plug-ins are required.
Set up a contact with SMTP address to return messages to [mailive01@knowledgefront.com]
Screen shots and step by step instructions Method 1
- Fast and always works whether or not the store is online.
- Captures complete incoming and outgoing message headers
- This method has proven to provide more consistent round trip times for testing pure mail receipt and delivery.
- This method always returns the test message, even when the exchange storage is offline.
- Should be used purely as a mail flow monitoring mechanism and not for testing the exchange store.
Setup a full mailbox with a server side rule to return and then delete messages
See screen shots and step by step instructions Method 2
Tests the Exchange store and will fail if the store goes offline.
- In previous versions of Exchange it has been noticed the rule may not trigger or be processed in a timely fashion causing delays with test messages that may not exist otherwise. This has been traced back to busy systems dealing with heavy loads of messages.
- Only provides outbound headers for later inspection. The response is created as a completely new message in this method and inbound headers are not retained.