• Client & Server connections
• Client connections only

The Client & Server connections method allows you to count incoming and outgoing traffic for any connections via the specified protocol no matter if the object traffic is counted for acts as a client or a server in the connection.

Example. You need to count mail traffic from your server. And it does not matter whether your server sends mail message to external servers or receives message from external servers. To do it, create a traffic usage rule from your server to any servers in the public network via the SMTP protocol, the method of counting traffic is Client & Server connections.

Client connections only

The Client connections method allows you to count incoming and outgoing traffic only when the object initiates the connection, i.e. when it acts as a client. If the object traffic is counted for acts as a server in the connection, traffic is not counted.

Example.You need to count the traffic of messages sent from your mail server. And you do not need to count the traffic of incoming mail. To do it, create a traffic usage rule from your server to any servers in the public network via the SMTP protocol, the method of counting traffic is Client connections only.