Tracking the last login date for a mailbox or a postoffice

SUMMARY

This article describes how to track the last login date for a mailbox or a postoffice.

DETAIL

Enable and list last login date for a mailbox:

Open the MailEnable administration console and navigate to: Servers > Localhost
Right click on "Localhost" and select properties in the menu.
Navigate to the "Auditing" tab.
Click the option for "Record times for last login activity".
Restart all MailEnable services and also restart IIS for MailEnable web services.
To view the last login times for a mailbox navigate within the administration console to: Messaging Manager > Postoffices > {postoffice name} > mailboxes.
In the right hand pane locate the mailbox in the list and right click on the mailbox and select Properties from the popup menu.
The last login time for the mailbox will be listed under the "General" tab in the bottom of the window.

List the last login times for all mailboxes within a postoffice:

To list the last login times for all mailboxes that have authenticated within a postoffice requires a custom script to be created and executed in Windows PowerShell.

Open Notepad or any text editor and insert the following code:

param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][string]$postoffice
)
# Ensure the snapin module is loaded (if it is not already)
if ((Get-PSSnapin -Name MailEnable.Provision.Command -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null)
{
    Add-PsSnapin MailEnable.Provision.Command
}
# Get the list of mailboxes in the postoffice
$lstMailboxes = Get-MailEnableMailbox -Postoffice $postoffice
ForEach($oMailbox in $lstMailboxes)
{
    $lastlogin = Get-MailEnableMailbox -Postoffice $postoffice -Mailbox $oMailbox.MailboxName -Setting "mailboxLastLogin"
    Write-Host $oMailbox.MailboxName -NoNewline
    if (0 -eq $lastlogin)
    {
        Write-Output "`tNot recorded"
    }
    else
    {
        $converted = ([datetime]'1/1/1970Z').AddSeconds($lastlogin)
        Write-Host "`t" -NoNewline
        Write-Output $converted.ToLocalTime().ToString('s')
    }
}

Copy Code

Save the file with the .ps1 file extension. I.e.: Showlastlogin.ps1
Open Windows PowerShell and run the script with the following command/parameter: Showlastlogin.ps1 postofficename
Replace postofficename with the postoffice you are querying.

Product:	MailEnable (All Versions)
Category:	Other
Article:	ME020509
Module:	General
Keywords:	auth,track,events,last,login,time
Class:	HOWTO: Product Instructions
Revised:	Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Author:	MailEnable
Publisher:	MailEnable