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Heyas,<br />
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I am using some network monitoring software 'PRTG' to monitor the health of my mail server. Rules have setup are as follows:<br />
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- Notify me when connection is down.<br />
- Notify me when the mail server is greylisted.<br />
- Notify me when the mail server is blacklisted.<br />
- Notify me if &gt;1000 emails get send out in a 5 minute period. <br />
- Notify me DNS on the mail server fails.<br />
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Is their anything I should be checking for?<br />
<br />
Any suggestions are welcome.<br />
<br />
Thank you.
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Heyas,

I am using some network monitoring software 'PRTG' to monitor the health of my mail server. Rules have setup are as follows:

- Notify me when connection is down.
- Notify me when the mail server is greylisted.
- Notify me when the mail server is blacklisted.
- Notify me if >1000 emails get send out in a 5 minute period. 
- Notify me DNS on the mail server fails.

Is their anything I should be checking for?

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thank you.

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