Re: QUESTION: SNMP Management Of SMTP Processes?

Ned Freed <NED@innosoft.com> Wed, 03 January 1996 01:35 UTC

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From: Ned Freed <NED@innosoft.com>
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Subject: Re: QUESTION: SNMP Management Of SMTP Processes?
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> I was recently asked if SNMP is in use for the management of SMTP processes
> on the Internet.  In other words, is the mail transport engine working in
> any way with the Internet standard network management tools?

Yes it is. First of all, there is a specification for how to do this: RFCs 1565
and 1566. The MADMAN WG has just restarted and these documents are
being reviewed.

Second, there are a number of implementations of it in use on the Internet
currently. We implement support for this stuff in our PMDF product, for
example, and I've heard that HP, Novell, and a bunch of others do so as well.

> Any pointers to work in progress or actual implementations would be greatly
> appreciated.

				Ned