Issued receive command (action_id RC) (24286) how to monitor with email alert

[bob]

Man, that event 24286 pops up in Windows Server Event Viewer when your system issues a receive command, tagged with action_id RC. It basically signals the server grabbing incoming data packets or commands from the network. You see it under the Microsoft-Windows-SMBServer logs, right in the details pane. This thing logs every time the SMB protocol kicks off a receive operation, like when files get pulled over shares. I remember troubleshooting a slow file transfer once, and this event filled the log, showing the server was busy receiving chunks of data non-stop. It includes timestamps, the exact action ID, and sometimes the session details if you expand it. Without monitoring these, you might miss bottlenecks in your network traffic. But hey, if it spikes too much, it could mean heavy load or even attacks probing your shares.

You want to watch this event for email alerts? Easy way is through the Event Viewer itself. Fire up Event Viewer on your server. Go to the Windows Logs or Applications and Services Logs where SMB stuff hides. Right-click the log source, pick Attach Task To This Event. Give it a name like "RC Alert." Set the trigger to event ID 24286. Then, for the action, choose Start a program, but link it to a simple batch file that sends an email via your mail server. I do this all the time for quick notifications. Make the task run whether user logs on or not, highest privileges. Test it by forcing the event or just waiting for natural occurrences. That way, you get pinged right away if receives go haywire.

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Note, the PowerShell email alert code was moved to this post.