Client FrontEnd connector logging

Mikhail Firsov 1,881 Reputation points
2022-03-11T14:47:04.39+00:00

Hello!

One more question, please.

I tried to monitor the sending and recieving mail in Thunderbird and was a bit lost: I do see the corresponding log records in the imap logs but can't find the records for the mail being sent - I expect them to appear in the C:\EXCHANGE\TransportRoles\Logs\FrontEnd\ProtocolLog\smtprecieve folder because the logging for the ClientFrontEnd recieve is enabled. I expect to see log records from my client's ip and port 587 - am I correct?

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Michael

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  1. KyleXu-MSFT 26,396 Reputation points
    2022-03-14T03:44:42.277+00:00

    @Mikhail Firsov

    Yes, you could find logs about client IP from the (\TransportRoles\Logs\FrontEnd\ProtocolLog\SmtpReceive) for "Client Frontend" connector.

    If you want to check emails from a specific IP address, you can also use the Message Tracking log, such as:

    Get-TransportService | Get-MessageTrackingLog -Sender ******@domain.com | where{$_.OriginalClientIp -eq "192.168.2.52"}  
    

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  1. Mikhail Firsov 1,881 Reputation points
    2022-03-14T09:04:15.07+00:00

    Oh, sorry - forgot to enable logging for the second server :(, it works!

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