Sensors > Email Sensors > Mail Flow Sensor

The Mail Flow Sensor checks email submission, transport, and delivery by sending a test email.

Sensor Tasks

Test Sensor	Tests the current sensor settings.
Get Help	Opens the ServerSentinel online help for the current sensor.

Basic Settings

Name

The name of the sensor (max. 100 characters). Choose a meaningful name to clearly identify the sensor.

Sensor is Active

Toggles the sensor ON/OFF.

Check Interval

The interval or times at which which the sensor should perform its checks.

Simple	The sensor performs its checks every x time units, e.g. every 10 minutes.
Daily	The sensor performs its checks daily at one or more (max. 4) fixed times, e.g. daily at 0 and 12 o'clock.
Weekly	The sensor performs its checks at certain days of the weeks at one or more (max. 4) fixed times, e.g. monday to friday at 12 o'clock.
Monthly	The sensor performs its checks at certain days of the month at one or more (max. 4) fixed times, e.g. every 1st of the month at 12 o'clock.

Only check if this Sensor didn't fail

This sensor will only be checked, if the sensor in the drop down list didn't fail.

Further Information

Comment

Short additional information to the sensor (max. 255 characters).

SMTP Options

SMTP Server	The IP address or DNS name of the SMTP server (max. 255 characters).
Encryption	Encryption which should be used for communication.
Port	The port of the SMTP server.
Authentication	Defines if authentication should be used.
Credentials	Here you can either select an existing credential set or create a new one by inserting a display name, an username and a password.
Sender Email Address	Email address to use as the sender of the test email (max. 1024 characters).
Recipient Email Address	Email address of the recipient the test email is send to (max. 255 characters).

Incoming Mail Server Options

Incoming Mail Server	The IP address or DNS name of the incoming mail server (max. 1024 characters).
Protocol	Protocol to use for accessing the incoming mail server.
Encryption	Encryption to use for the communication.
Port	Port of the incoming mail server.
Credentials	Here you can either select an existing credential set or create a new one by inserting a display name, an username and a password.

Meta Data Values

Data Value	Data Type	Description
Checktime	Date	The time the dataset has been created.
Exception Message	String	The message of the error if any occurred.
Response Time	Integer	The response time needed to perform the check.
Status	String	A status string that may contain arbitrary information that was collected by the sensor (max. 255 characters). Per default this value is empty.
Status Flag	Enum	The status of the sensor after the check has been performed.

Data Values

Data Value	Data Type	Description
Email Arrived	Boolean	Whether the email has successfully arrived.

Mail Flow Sensor