"LISTSERV site administrators' forum" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote on 04/28/2009 02:46:42 PM:

> I need to monitor Listserv so I know when it goes down.  We are running
> 14.4 on Solaris and want to monitor the system using Sitescope.  I've
> seen mention in other postings about managers running a job every xx
> number of minutes to make sure the system is still running.  What kind
> of job would that be?  What does it look for?

We use IPMonitor and I only test listserv to see if it is responding on
port 25.  More advanced monitors could test to see if mail is actual
routing by sending a thank you and waiting for the reply.

What is Sitescope capable of doing?  Checking for disk space, load, etc
are good ideas if you can.