How to View the Properties of a Queue

 

When messages accumulate in one of the queues, you can view the queue properties to get more information about the possible causes of this accumulation.

Before You Begin

Before you perform the procedure in this topic, read Troubleshooting Mail Flow and SMTP.

The following permissions are required to perform this procedure:

  • Member of the local administrators group and a member of a group that has had the Exchange Administrators role applied at the administrative group level

Procedure

To view the properties of a queue

  1. Start Exchange System Manager: Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Exchange, and then click System Manager.

  2. Expand Administrative Groups, expand <Administrative Group Name>, expand Servers, expand the server you want, and then click Queues.

  3. In the details pane, click the queue you want. Any additional information for that queue appears under Additional queue information at the bottom of the details pane.