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Introduction to
Queue Viewer and Message Tracking
Here are two handy utilities for troubleshooting why a message has not
been delivered. Develop techniques to trace messages in your Exchange
2003 server.
Topics for Exchange 2003's Queue Viewer
In
Exchange 2003, Queue Viewer makes it easier to monitor the message queues.
For example, you can now view SMTP queues in Queue Viewer, rather than from
the protocol menu. Other enhancements include:
Disabling outbound mail Queue Viewer means you can prevent accounts
sending mail from any SMTP queue. This would be useful as a temporary
measure if you were dealing with a virus.
Finding messages is straightforward, just search for messages based on
the sender, or recipient using Find Messages.
View previously hidden queues Queue Viewer. Exchange 2003 show
three queues that were not visible in Exchange 2000:
- DSN (Delivery Status Messages) Usually means there is a problem with
the Store, also check the Application Event Log.
- Failed message retry queue. Messages stuck here could be
corrupted.
- Messages queued for deferred delivery. Maybe you were moving a
mailbox and a message arrives. Perhaps the user has no mailbox.
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What has improved in Exchange 2003 is the ability to track messages after
they have been categorized.
- Messages categorized and queued for routing (enqueue for routing)
- Messages routed and queued for local delivery (enqueue for local
delivery)
- Messages routed and queued for remote delivery (enqueue for remote
delivery)
- Messages queued for categorization retry
- Messages queued for local delivery retry
- Messages queued for routing retry
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