Patent ID: 8224903
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring an email system, comprising: sending a test email to a configured target email server in the email system, the configured target email server to automatically forward the test email to a target email account external from the email system, the test email to be used to test operability of the configured target email server based on an arrival status of the test email at the target email account; when the test email fails to arrive within a time period at the target email account, sending a notification from a sending entity of the test email to at least one recipient associated with monitoring performance of the email system, the notification identifying the target email server; and distinguishing other test emails in the target email account from the test email based on checksum values in their respective subject fields, the other test emails corresponding to different ones of a plurality of other email systems being tested for operability, and each checksum uniquely identifying a respective one of the test emails and a respective one of the email systems.