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Displays the name of the test queue to which a test message is sent.


Sends a test message to the specified test queue. To send multiple messages to the same test queue, click Send repeatedly.


Closes this dialog box.


Creates a new test queue that can receive test messages.


Provides a space for you to type the path of the queue that you are creating, in the format computer_name\queue_name.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the queue that you are creating.


Specifies whether to create a transactional queue.


Displays the names of the two sites connected by the routing link.


Provides a space for you to type a new cost for the routing link.

You should change routing link costs only if you have multiple routing links and you want to enforce one route over another route using link cost. In that case, you can assign costs that reflect the differences in the communications costs. Costs can range from 1 (the default value) to 999999.


Displays the selected in-routing servers (InRS) used to route incoming messages for this computer.


Lists the available servers that you can use as the first in-routing server to route incoming messages for this computer.


Lists the available servers that you can use as the second in-routing server to route incoming messages for this computer.


Lists the available servers that you can use as the third in-routing server to route incoming messages for this computer.


Displays the selected out-routing servers (OutRS) used to route outgoing messages for this computer.


Lists the available servers that you can use as the first out-routing server to route outgoing messages for this computer.


Lists the available servers that you can use as the second out-routing server to route outgoing messages for this computer.


Lists the available servers that you can use as the third out-routing server to route outgoing messages for this computer.


Lists the site gates used for the routing link.

Messages sent between computers in different sites are routed using the Message Queuing servers listed.


Adds the selected site gate to the routing link.


Lists the available site gates that can be added to the routing link.


Removes the selected site gate from the routing link. Messages sent between computers in different sites will no longer be routed through this Message Queuing server.


Displays the queue label. To change the queue label, type a new label in Label.


Displays the queue-type ID, which specifies the type of service or function provided by the queue.

To change the queue-type ID, type the one you want in Type ID.


Provides a space for you to type the total size of all messages (in kilobytes) that can be stored in the queue.

When the message-storage-size limit for the queue is reached, messages cannot be sent to the queue until the cumulative size of all messages in the queue drops below the specified limit.


Specifies whether the queue accepts only transactional messages.


Specifies whether target journaling is enabled for the queue.


Provides a space for you to type the total size of all journal messages (in kilobytes) that can be stored in the queue.

When the journal-storage-size limit for the queue is reached, target journaling ceases until the cumulative size of all journal messages in the journal queue drops below the specified limit.


Displays the privacy level for the queue according to whether it accepts messages that are encrypted, unencrypted, or both.


Creates a new queue that can receive messages used for route tracking.


Tracks all messages sent from the selected computer.

When message route tracking is enabled for a computer, all messages sent from the computer are tracked as they are routed through your network. As each message passes through an intermediate Message Queuing server, a message is sent to the report queue on the source computer, indicating which server the message passed through.

After message route tracking is enabled, you can send test messages and view the contents of the report queue.


Tracks only those test messages sent from the selected computer.


Displays the message label.

The message label is defined by the sending application.


Displays the globally unique identifier (GUID) for the computer that sent the message, plus a 32-bit sequential number.

A GUID is a 128-bit (16-byte) integer. The GUID format for computers is {12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012}.


Displays the message priority. Message Queuing applications can send messages with a priority of 0 through 7, with 7 as the highest priority.

Messages are routed and delivered first by queue (base) priority and then by message priority.


Displays the NetBIOS or DNS name of the computer.


Displays the sites to which the computer currently belongs.


Displays the globally unique identifier (GUID) for the computer.

A GUID is a 128-bit (16-byte) integer. The GUID format for computers is {12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012}.


Displays the names of available sites in your Windows 2000 forest.


Displays the queue path.


Displays the date and time at which this computer joined the site.


Displays the date and time of the most recent modification to this computer.


Displays the message class as follows:

Normal message

Acknowledgment message (positive or negative)

Report message

All messages created by Message Queuing applications are normal messages by default.


Specifies whether message route tracking is set for the message.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the foreign computer you are adding to the foreign site.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the foreign site to which the foreign computer will belong.


Displays the format name of the queue receiving the message.


Displays the path of the queue receiving the message.


Displays the format name of the response queue for the message.


Displays the path of the response queue for the message.


Displays the format name of the administration queue for the message.


Displays the path of the administration queue for the message.


Displays the globally unique identifier (GUID) of the computer that sent the message.

A GUID is a 128-bit (16-byte) integer. The GUID format for computers is {12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012}.


Displays the path for the computer that sent the message.


Indicates whether or not the message is authenticated.


Displays the hash algorithm. The hash algorithm values are defined by the sending application.


Indicates whether or not the message is encrypted.


Displays the name of the encryption algorithm that the sending application used to encrypt the message body. If No appears in this area, the message is not encrypted.


Provides a space for you to type the total size (in kilobytes) of all messages that can be stored in all message queues on the selected computer.

When the message storage size limit is reached, messages cannot be sent to the computer until the cumulative size of all messages in message queues drops below the specified limit.


Provides a space for you to type the total size (in kilobytes) of all journal messages that can be stored in all journal queues on the selected computer.

When the journal message storage size limit is reached, journal messages cannot be sent to the computer until the cumulative size of journal messages in journal queues drops below the specified limit.


Specifies whether to activate the message quota for the selected queue.


Specifies whether to activate the journal message quota for the selected queue.


Specifies whether to activate the message quota for the selected computer.


Specifies whether to activate the journal message quota for the selected computer.


Displays the function or role of the computer running the Message Queuing Service, such as Message Queuing server or independent client, for example.


Specifies whether the queue accepts only authenticated messages.


Provides a space for you to type the priority of the queue. The queue priority can be set from -32768 to 32767. The default priority for public queues is 0. Private queues do not support base priority.

Messages are routed and delivered first by base priority, and then by message priority.


Displays the date and time (in your current local time zone) at which the message was sent.


Displays the date and time (in your current local time zone) at which the message was received.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the foreign site you are creating.


Provides a space for you to type the maximum amount of time (in hours or days) that a message can take to reach its destination queue before being placed in a dead-letter queue. This value is called time-to-reach-queue (TTRQ). The default setting is 90 days.


Provides a space for you to type the units of measure you want to use with the associated Default lifetime of a message in the network value. You can also click the scroll arrows to select a new setting. You can specify this value in days or hours.


Displays the number of test messages you sent.


Displays the message body contents.

A message body can contain text or binary information. Text information is readable. If a message body contains binary information, hexadecimal data is displayed along with its text translation. Message bodies can be viewed on the Body dialog box for the message.


Displays the name of the user who sent the message.


Displays the security identifier (SID) of the user who sent the message.


Removes the site selected in [computer_name] Sites from the list of sites where this computer resides, thereby removing this computer from the selected site.


Adds the site selected in All Sites to the list of sites where this computer resides, thereby adding this computer to the selected site.


Tracks the path messages take on your network.

To enable message route tracking, you must first create or assign a report queue. Because all test messages are sent with message route tracking enabled, if the source computer has a report queue, the message path of test messages is also tracked.


Provides a space for you to type the path of the report queue.

Message route tracking is used to track the path messages take as they are routed in your network. As the messages pass through an intermediate Message Queuing server, a message is sent to the report queue, indicating which server the message passed through. You can track message routes for applications or track only test messages. To track message routes for applications, click Track all messages and verify that the message-route-tracking flag within the sending application is set.


Displays the globally unique identifier (GUID) for the queue.

A GUID is a 128-bit (16-byte) integer. The GUID format for queues is {12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012}.


Refreshes the display of dependent clients that use the selected Message Queuing server as their supporting server.


Displays the dependent clients that use the selected Message Queuing server as their supporting server. Dependent clients are displayed here only if there is a Message Queuing application running on the client with at least one open queue.


Provides a space for you to type the name of one site to which the routing link will connect.


Provides a space for you to type the name of the other site to which the routing link will connect.


Provides a space for you to type a cost for the new routing link.

You should change routing link costs only if you have multiple routing links and you want to enforce one route over another route using link cost. In that case, you can assign costs that reflect the differences in the communications costs. Costs can range from 1 (the default value) to 999999.


Click to send a ping message to another Message Queuing computer to verify network connectivity.


Click to send a test message to another computer to verify message-routing functionality.


Click to configure message route tracking.


Displays the operating system platform of the computer on which Message Queuing is installed.


Displays the size of the message body (in bytes).


Displays a list of all registered user certificates for this computer, both internal and external.


Click to see the properties and details for the selected registered user certificate.


Click to remove the selected registered user certificates from this computer and from Active Directory.

If a registered user certificate on this computer is removed using another computer, the certificate is removed from Active Directory but will still exist on this computer.


Displays the alias selected from the list of queue names.


Displays the format name of the target to which the alias points and provides a space for you to change it.


Provides a space for you to type a description of the target to which the alias points.


Provides a space for you to type the alias you want to create.


Provides a space for you to type the format name of the target to which the new alias points. Any single-element format name can be typed. The following are possible examples of valid format names:

PUBLIC=308fb580-1eb2-11ca-923b-08002b1075a7
PRIVATE=ae0c5671-f190-12ce-ae10-00dd0114290f\0000000d
DIRECT=os:comp1\private$\q1
DIRECT=http://www.msqm.com\msmq\pubq1


Displays the multiple-element format name of the destination.


Provides a space for you to type the label of the queue that you want to find.


Provides a space for you to type the type ID of the queue that you want to find.


The names of private queues have the prefix private$\. You do not need to type this prefix, because it is added automatically before the name of a new private queue.


The fully qualified domain name of an object in Active Directory includes the organizational unit that contains it, or the container in which it is created. The information on Message Queuing objects that are not created in Active Directory, such as private queues, is stored in folders on the local computer.


A queue alias is an object in Active Directory. The fully qualified domain name of the organizational unit in which a queue alias is created is typically your_domain/ your_container  (such as Computers or Domain Controllers).


A routing link is an object in Active Directory. The fully qualified domain name of the organizational unit in which a routing link is created is your_domain/Configuration/Services/MsmqServices.


A foreign site, like an ordinary site, is an object in Active Directory. The fully qualified domain name of the organizational unit in which a foreign site is created is typically your_domain/Configuration/Sites.


A public queue is an object in Active Directory. The fully qualified domain name of the organizational unit in which a public queue is created is typically your_domain/your_computer/msmq. Private queues are not objects in Active Directory, and the information describing them is stored in the Private Queues folder on the local computer.


A foreign computer, like an ordinary computer, is an object in Active Directory. The fully qualified domain name of the organizational unit in which a foreign computer is created is typically your_domain/Computers.


Provides a space for you to type a new description for your routing link.


You can modify several configuration settings for Message Queuing Triggers that are stored in the registry. Their default values are set when the service is installed.


Provides a space for you to type the initial number of threads. The default value is 5.


Provides a space for you to type the maximum number of threads. The default value is 20.


Provides a space for you to type the default message body size, which is the size of the buffer allocated for an incoming message. The value of this setting should be sufficient for a buffer that can accommodate 90% of all messages expected to arrive at the monitored queue. The default value is 256.


Provides a space for you to type the concluding string for your condition.


Provides a space for you to type an optional description for your rule.


Click an initial string for your condition from the list of supported strings.


Lists the conditions for this rule.


Adds the condition displayed above to the list of conditions for this rule.


Lists the existing rules that you can attach to this trigger.


Removes the selected condition from the list of conditions for this rule.


Provides a space for you to type the name of your new rule.


Specifies that the trigger will invoke a COM component.


Specifies that the trigger will invoke a stand-alone executable.


Specifies that information generated by the stand-alone executable will be displayed.


Provides a space for you to type the ProgID of the COM component that will be invoked by the trigger.


Provides a space for you to type the method for the COM component referenced in Component ProgID.


Provides a space for you to type the full path of the stand-alone executable that will be invoked by the trigger.


A rule specifies an action that will be taken when a specific condition or set of conditions is true.


Click to find an executable that will be invoked by the trigger.


Opens Invocation Parameters, where you can specify one or more parameters that will be passed to the COM component or stand-alone executable.


Moves the parameter selected in Invocation parameters toward the top of the list.


Removes the parameter selected in Invocation parameters from the list.


Adds the parameter selected in Parameters to the list of invocation parameters


Moves the parameter selected in Invocation parameters toward the bottom of the list.


Click a parameter from the list of supported parameters.


Provides a space for you to type a value for a string literal or numeric literal.


Displays a list of the message parameters that are sent to the stand-alone executable or COM component invoked in the order in which they are sent.


Provides a space for you to type a name for your new trigger.


Provides a space for you to type the path name of the user-defined queue with which the trigger will be associated in the computer_name\queue_name syntax, or the .\queue_name syntax for the local computer (do not use format names).


Frames are used to group items within a dialog box. To obtain help for a specific item, click the question mark at the top of the dialog box and then click the item.


Associates the new trigger with a user-defined queue.


Associates the new trigger with the automatically created journal queue on the local computer.


Associates the new trigger with the automatically created dead-letter queue on the local computer.


Associates the new trigger with the automatically created transactional dead-letter queue on the local computer.


Configures the new trigger as enabled. When this check box is cleared, the trigger is disabled


Configures the new trigger as serialized. A serialized trigger tests the conditions of all the rules associated with it on each message and performs all the applicable actions before moving on to the next message.


Lists the rules attached to this trigger.


Removes the selected rule from the list of rules attached to this trigger.


Raises the priority of the selected rule, making its execution earlier.


Lowers the priority of the selected rule, making its execution later.


Opens the Existing Rules page for attaching additional existing rules to this trigger.


Adds the selected rule to the list of attached rules for this trigger.


Specifies that the trigger will process messages by peeking at them in the monitored queue by peeking at them.


Specifies that the trigger will process messages by retrieving them from the monitored queue.


Specifies that the trigger will process messages by retrieving them from the monitored queue as transactional messages.


You can improve messaging performance by storing message files, message log files, and transaction log files on three separate disks. If you have only two disks, put the message files on one disk and put the message log files and transaction log files on the other disk.


Lists the available sites to which this computer can move and reconnect.


Displays the site to which this computer is currently connected.


Provides a space for you to type the full path to the folder in which you want to store message log files.


Provides a space for you to type the DNS or NetBIOS name of the Message Queuing server to which this computer will connect.


Provides a space for you to type the full path to the folder in which you want to store transaction log files.


Specifies the certification authority (CA) that this computer will use for secured communication with a server. You must first select the adjacent check box to enable this button.


Specifies whether this computer communicates with MSMQ controller servers running Windows NT 4.0.

This computer can authenticate queries to MSMQ controller servers by using a server certificate to verify that query results are not tampered with and that results are returned by the correct server.


Renews your cryptographic keys.

It is a good idea to renew the cryptographic keys on this computer periodically, such as once a year. You should also renew your cryptographic keys any time you suspect they have been compromised. This will reduce the chance that your private key has been tampered with.

When you renew the cryptographic keys for this computer, any messages that were encrypted with the previous public keys cannot be read. This occurs only until the new public keys are replicated in Active Directory to all Message Queuing servers and this computer starts using the new public keys.


Displays information about transferring Message Queuing messages from one site to another.


Renews your internal user certificate.

Internal user certificates, installed with Message Queuing, verify your identity using your security identifier (SID). You must renew your internal certificate if the certificate is corrupted. You also must renew your internal certificate if the private key (which is used with the public key stored in the certificate) is corrupted or compromised.


Creates an internal user certificate on this computer (if one does not already exist) and registers the certificate in Active Directory.


Displays a list of all internal and external registered user certificates for this computer.


Removes the selected registered user certificates from this computer and from Active Directory.

If a registered certificate on this computer is removed using another computer, the certificate is removed from Active Directory but will still exist on this computer.


Renews your internal user certificate.

Internal user certificates, installed with Message Queuing, verify your identity using your security identifier (SID). You must renew your internal certificate if the certificate is corrupted. You also must renew your internal certificate if the private key (which is used with the public key stored in the certificate) is corrupted or compromised.


Provides a space for you to type the full path to the folder in which you want to store message files.


Lists the available server certificates that you can use to authenticate queries to MSMQ controller servers. This computer verifies that query results have not been tampered with and that the correct server has returned the results.


Frames are used to group items within a dialog box. To obtain help for a specific item, click the question mark at the top of the dialog box and then click the item.