tool to simulate email traffic
I am trying to remember which tool i used to use that allowed me to send test email with timestamps? Maybe a name like mailstorm? it just lets you specify number of emails to send etc and from which mailbox. Or are there other tools anyoen would suggest?
I cant use the RCA as this is in a test lab with no internet connectivity.
September 15th, 2010 12:01pm
How about LoadGen?:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=CF464BE7-7E52-48CD-B852-CCFC915B29EF&displaylang=en&displaylang=en
Use Microsoft Exchange Load Generator 2010 (LoadGen) as a simulation tool to measure the impact of MAPI, OWA, ActiveSync, IMAP, POP and SMTP clients on Exchange 2010 and 2007 servers. LoadGen allows you to test how a server running Exchange 2010/2007 responds
to e-mail loads. To simulate the delivery of these messaging requests, you run LoadGen tests on client computers. These tests send multiple messaging requests to the Exchange server, thereby causing a mail load. LoadGen is a useful tool for administrators
who are sizing servers and validating a deployment plan. Specifically, LoadGen helps you determine if each of your servers can handle the load to which they are intended to carry. Another use for LoadGen is to help validate the overall solution.
This version is intended for Microsoft Exchange 2010 and 2007 Servers only.
Important! LoadGen should be used only in laboratories that have no connection to the production environment. This tool should not be used in any way in a production environment or an environment that is mission critical or contains important
information of any kind anywhere in the network.
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September 15th, 2010 1:31pm
Thanks, I will try this but this tool looks like its much more robust than i need. I just want to send 100 mails and make sure all 100 arive and some message tracking etc.
September 15th, 2010 4:24pm
Well there's also test-mailflow cmdlet :)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa995894(EXCHG.80).aspx
you could base a fairly simple script off of it
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September 15th, 2010 6:44pm