[mso] Re: Outlook Communication Status
- From: "Greg Chapman" <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 16:30:03 -0600
Hmmm, sounds like you want real time stats which can be tricky to see.
Here are some suggestions that may be useful but none are exactly what
you want.
1. Turn on Outlook diagnostic logging - See MSKB article 300479 for the
instructions for XP (which I see you're using). This will produce
OPMLOG.LOG in your c:\documents and settings\<user name>\Local
Settings\Temp folder. It's a log of all SMTP, POP3, IMAP and Hotmail
sessions. If you use a decent Text Editor like EditPlus2
(http://www.editplus.com), you can almost see real time updates to the
logs. If you switch focus back and forth between Outlook and EditPlus,
everytime you come back to EditPlus it will ask if you want to view the
updated copy of the log because some other program just changed it.
2. Use a protocol analyzer to look at SMTP, Web, POP3 and IMAP traffic.
I recommend Analyzer, free from http://analyzer.polito.it/. You'll also
need to install the WinPCAP capture layers from
http://winpcap.polito.it/install/default.htm. Using this tool is pretty
simple if you've ever done net captures before. If you haven't, you'll
learn.
3. Learn to use Telnet to check your POP servers. I think this is a
great tutorial on the
subject:http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/pop3telnet.htm
The reason your XP progress indicator is inaccurate is because XP is
finally a multi-threaded, multi-session mail handler. The fact that it
can connect to multiple servers at once and download from them all
simultaneouly really screws up the math for estimating progress.
Greg Chapman
http://www.mousetrax.com
"Counting in binary is as easy as 01, 10, 11!
With thinking this clear, is coding really a good idea?"
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James S. Huggins (MSO)
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 3:50 PM
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] Re: Outlook Communication Status
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> What kindof data are you looking for, James? ======================
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> The kind of data that would let me know "what is going on".
>
> As I think about it, I think of the data that my FTP tool
> displays: complete communication information.
>
> But I'm not sure. To answer, I'd need to know what data IS
> available. Like is it trying to connect, is it waiting for a
> response, is it in the process of downloading, how many mails
> are there, is it deleting mail from the server.
>
> Status information I guess: what is happening.
>
>
> James S. Huggins
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