EmailPath

Name

EmailPath -- Check email routing functionality

Synopsis

{ 'type'    : 'EmailPath' ,
  'status'  : 'on' ,
  'name'    : 'office',
  'email'   : 'qostest@example.com',
  'pophost' : 'mail.example.com',
  'popuser' : 'qostest',
  'poppass' : 'abcd1234',
  'triggers': [{ 'level' : 'critical', 'trigger':'1800'}, ],
}

Description

The EmailPath Entity sends itself mail and calculates how long it takes for the message to arrive in a given POP mailbox. Once the message is sent, the Entity polls the POP mailbox each check interval, waiting for the message to arrive.

If the test message is lost, the Agent must be restarted to reset the Entity's internal state.

Fields

name

A descriptive name for this subentity.

email

The email address to send the test message to.

pophost

The name of the POP server to check for email on.

popuser

The username to use when logging into the POP server.

poppass

The password to use when logging into the POP server.

Trigger

The Trigger fires if the test message is not received within the number of seconds in the trigger value. The trigger value should not be set less than the Entity polling interval of 150 seconds. A suggested value is 1800 seconds (30 minutes).