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List:       postfix-users
Subject:    Re: Queue monitoring
From:       Mark Watts <m.watts () eris ! qinetiq ! com>
Date:       2010-11-29 9:49:30
Message-ID: 4CF3772A.9030309 () eris ! qinetiq ! com
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On 11/25/2010 05:24 PM, Wietse Venema wrote:
> Mark Watts:
>>
>> I have a requirement to be able to monitor a postfix queue over time,
>> and to determine whether any messages are delayed due to problems
>> connecting to a remote servers.
>>
>> The mail system concerned is pretty simple; messages are generated
>> locally and relayed to a remote server across a VPN.
>>
>> While I can monitor connectivity to port 25 on the remote server, that
>> doesn't guarantee that it would accept a message for onward delivery; I
>> need to be able to notice delivery issues and initiate a meatware
>> interface. Once the message is accepted by the remote server, onward
>> delivery is monitored by another system that I have no control over.
>>
>> I believe I am limited to monitoring the local mail queue to see if
>> messages are being deferred, and reporting accordingly?
>>
>> The postqueue(1) command doesn't appear to generate output in a format
>> particularly useful for scripts to parse, so is there another tool I can
>> use or is there better way to approach this problem?
> 
> QSHAPE (bundled with Postfix source) reports queue stats by age.
> http://www.postfix.org/QSHAPE_README.html
> 
> 	Wietse

This should do the trick - thanks.

Mark.

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Mark Watts BSc RHCE
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