Email Traffic & Server Status (*administrator only)
Monitoring Email Traffic
In Synology MailPlus Server, you can view incoming/outgoing email traffic as well as the status of the servers of your mail system.
To view incoming/outgoing email traffic by type:
At Server Management > Mail Monitor, you can view the following types of email traffic in a line chart:
- Sent: The outgoing email messages that are sent from your Synology NAS
- Received: The incoming email messages that are received from other mail servers
- Failed: The outgoing email messages that failed to be sent from your Synology NAS
- Resent: The outgoing email messages that are resent from your Synology NAS due to initial failures
- Rejected: The incoming email messages that are rejected by your Synology NAS
To customize specific types of email traffic for display, go to Filter to select the desired types.
Users that conduct each of the five email activities most frequently are also listed here. For example, users that send out the largest number of emails during the specified day will be listed. With the list, the administrator can quickly locate and investigate the possible source of email abnormalities.
To view incoming/outgoing email traffic by time:
On the line chart, all email traffic can be viewed by hour and by date in the following two ways:
- Click < or > for date adjustment and hover the pointer over the graph to view the traffic at a specified time interval.
- Select a certain date and temporal scope (e.g., hour or week) from the drop-down menus above the line chart.
To have a time-based log of email activities, click Export to download the .html file.
Monitoring Server Status
At Server Management > Server List, you can manage the Synology NAS running Synology MailPlus Server and view its real-time server information. When a high-availability cluster is formed, you can also manage the secondary mail server and view its server information in real time.
To view server information:
- Available services: IMAP/POP3, SMTP, Spam Filter, Antivirus, Primary Server, and MailPlus
- Resources: CPU, RAM, and Network (uploading and downloading traffic)
To manage the primary mail server:
Click Manage to modify the IP address and relevant settings of the primary server.
To check primary server settings:
Click Check Settings to see which settings to adjust for optimal security and performance.
Importing Microsoft Exchange Configurations to Synology MailPlus Server
You can import system configurations and aliases from a Microsoft Exchange server to Synology MailPlus Server for continuous use.
To import system configurations and aliases:
- Begin the import process in either way:
- When Synology MailPlus Server is to be initialized: Open MailPlus Server and select Create a new mail system by importing configurations from Microsoft Exchange.
- When Synology MailPlus Server is already initialized: Open MailPlus Server and go to Server Management > Configuration Import > Import Configurations.
- Click the hyperlink in the pop-up window (or here) to find the tutorial and download the script file (ExchangeConfigExport.ps1).
- Log in as the system administrator to the Windows computer running the Microsoft Exchange server.
- Execute the script file on the Microsoft Exchange server using Windows PowerShell.
- When prompted to change the execution policy, choose Yes to allow script execution.
- When execution completes, the Microsoft Exchange server will export the system configurations into a SynologyExportedExchangeConf.xml file and the aliases into a SynologyExportedAlias.txt file.
- Return to the pop-up window in Synology MailPlus Server and click Browse to import the .xml file.
- Click Next to check General Settings and Criteria for import.
- Click Import to finish the import.
- To import the aliases, go to Domain and double-click the domain to edit. In the pop-up window, go to Alias and click Tools > Import aliases to import the .txt file.
Note:
- The generated SynologyExportedAlias.txt file contains the distribution groups and security groups from the Microsoft Exchange server.
- To migrate emails from the Microsoft Exchange server to Synology MailPlus Server, go to Server Management > Mail Migration.