Configure SMTP Message Screener Logging
The SMTP Message Screener logs all messages moving the inbound and outbound SMTP
relays. This logging feature helps you troubleshoot and access the e-mail messages moving
through the server and confirm that the SMTP Message Screener is doing what you expect it
to do.
Perform the following steps to configure the SMTP Message Screener logging feature:
1. In the Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 management
console, expand the computer name in the left pane of the console and click the
Monitoring node.
2. Click the Logging tab in the Details pane. Expose the Task pane if it is not already open.
In the Task pane, click the Tasks tab and Configure SMTP message Screener
Logging.
3. In the SMTP Message Screener Logging Properties dialog box, note that the only
logging format available is the File format. Select the ISA Server file format from the
Format list. Confirm that there is a checkmark in the Enable logging for this service
check box. Click the Options button.
4. In the Options dialog box, confirm that ISA Logs folder is selected. Make a note of the
Log file storage limits that are configured by default, and how it Maintains log storage
limit by. Change the value in the Delete files older than (days) from 7 to 30. Confirm
that there is a checkmark in the Compress log files check box.
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