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POP3 Tests

The POP3 test monitors the amount of time required to log into a user account and download messages from a POP3 server.

Options and Arguments

POP3 tests require the following specific options and arguments:

• POP3 Server. The hostname of the POP3 mail server.

  Note: IPv6 addresses can be used, but they must be embedded in brackets, for example [0aff::230:6eff:fe4b:51db]:8080. Here 0aff::230:6eff:fe4b:51db represents the IPv6 address and 8080 represents the port number.

• POP3 Port. (Optional) The port on which the POP3 service is running. The default is 110.
• User Name. A valid user name for a test POP3 account on this server. Do not use an active mailbox; create a test account instead.
• Password. A valid password for the user account. SRM stores the password in encrypted form.
• Download. Select one of the following:
  • Download First Message. This option downloads only the first message for this user account.
  • Download All Messages. This option downloads all messages for this user account.
• Delete Downloaded Messages. (Optional) Select the check box to delete the messages that were downloaded during the test, or leave it blank to leave the messages on the test system.

Specify these options and arguments when you create or modify tests.

Example

Use this example to create a test that downloads all messages for the POPuser account at popserver.yourdomain.com once every 300 seconds and deletes them after downloading them. The test waits up to 10 seconds for a successful response and calculates response time and availability statistics over the last 21600 seconds (6 hours).

To create a new test in a policy

1. Click + (New) on the Test Monitors toolbar.

   The New test pane appears.

2. From the Test Type list, select POP3.
3. In the Description field, specify popserver.yourdomain_test.
4. In the Test Name field, specify POP3 Test.
5. In the Test Interval field, specify 300.
6. In the Test Timeout field, specify 10.
7. In the Samples Per Interval field, specify 1.
8. In the Statistics Window field, specify 21600.
9. In the POP3 Server field, enter popserver.yourdomain.
10. In the POP3 Port field, specify 8080.
11. In the User Name field, specify POPuser@yourdomain.com.
12. In the Password field, specify POP123.
13. In the Download field, select Download All Messages.
14. Select Delete Downloaded Messages.
15. Accept defaults for all other fields.
16. Click Save Test.

When you commit your changes, SRM adds an entry similar to the following to the svcrsp.cf file:

{ 
index=51 
type=pop3
desc="popserver.yourdomain_test" 
dest="popserver.yourdomain.com:8080" 
username="POPuser" 
encoded=yes 
password="ijl3r2kr" 
args="download=all&delete=yes"
interval=300 
samples=1 
timeout=10 
window=21600 
tos=0 
limit=0 
status=active 
name="POP3 Test"
class=""
context=""
flags="1"
loglevel=1
}

For information about errors you may encounter when running POP3 tests, see POP3 Test Error Codes.