SMTP Watcher

(c) SB-Software / Scott M. Baker, smbaker@sb-software.com

Purpose:

SMTP Watcher is designed to monitor your SMTP (incoming mail) servers and notify you if the server stops responding. It does this by periodically opening a TCP connection to the server to verify that the server is still active and listening for incoming connections.

Background:

We're going to assume that you already know what an SMTP server is, and know the difference between an SMTP server and a POP/IMAP server. If you don't already know these things, then you probably don't need this software.

Quick Start:

When you open the SMTP Watcher window for the very first time, you'll see a big list where you can enter the names of the servers that you wish to watch. To get started, let's enter some servers to monitor:

  1. Press the <Add> button to add a server entry
    1. This will open up an "add smtp watcher entry" dialog
    2. Enter your server name into the "smtp server address" box
    3. Press <Ok> when you've got it right
  2. Repeat the above step #1 for any servers that you want to add
  3. Press the <Run Now> button to check all of the servers in the list

Main Form Buttons:

The main form has several buttons that are used to interact with the servers/hostnames in the list box:

<Run Now> Process all of the servers  in the list, checking each one and presenting the results on the screen. Entries will appear with a yellow dot while they are being checked, a green icon if they are good, or a red icon if they are bad.
<Add> Add another entry to the list
<Edit> Edit one of the entries in the List
<Delete> Delete an entry in the list
<Enable> / <Disable> These two buttons together allow you to enable or disable individual entries. If an entry is disabled, SMTP watcher will not check it.

Main Form Settings:

The auto-run setting will cause SMTP Watcher to periodically poll the servers in the list.

The record Log File setting will log the results to a text file

Register

This software is not free! You are allowed to evaluate the software for a limited amount of time. If you find the softwareuseful and continue to use it, then you must register to continue using the product.

Complete registration information is available at http://www.sb-software.com/credit/

Registrations may be paid for online in a variety of methods (credit card, etc), or may be made through the mail. See the website site at http://www.sb-software.com/

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