Mail server monitoring
Emails that stop going out are a silent outage.
Nobody complains about an email they never received. LucidStack connects to your SMTP, IMAP and POP3 servers, checks the greeting, encryption and certificate, and alerts you at the first sign of trouble.
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Outgoing mail
mail.example.com:587
- Greeting
- 220 mail.example.com ESMTP
- STARTTLS
- accepted
- TLS certificate
- valid, 62 days left
- Response time
- 96 ms
Mail server monitoring
Your mail checked like a real client
Every check follows the same path as a real email client.
SMTP, IMAP and POP3
All three protocols, on standard ports or ports of your choice.
STARTTLS or implicit TLS
Encryption is negotiated just as a client would, or disabled if needed.
Certificate validated
The certificate chain and expiry date are checked on every connection.
Never authenticates
The check reads the greeting, negotiates encryption, then politely disconnects.
Response time
Server response time is measured and tracked, region by region.
Together with your DNS
Combine with monitoring of your MX and SPF records to cover the whole chain.
Getting started
Monitor your mail server
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1
Enter the server
For example mail.example.com; the port is suggested based on the protocol.
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2
Choose protocol and encryption
SMTP, IMAP or POP3, with STARTTLS, implicit TLS or no encryption.
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Get alerted
As soon as the server stops responding or the certificate has a problem.
Related pages
Start monitoring in two minutes.
Add a URL, choose where to be alerted. LucidStack takes care of the rest, day and night.