This has been brought up and even privately, by me.  At this time, the word I get is that it is pending ... meaning, not out of the question but also may not happen.  I had actually asked about alerts for sudden, huge "exceptions" or other potential faults.  Of course, the obvious issue is that if the service is in trouble, it may not be able to email so you may get a false sense of security.

 

There are several things I do using my network monitors however.  One is I issue an SQL Query to get the number of quarantined items and if it falls outside the "normal" boundaries, either too high or too low, I get an alert.  I also attempt an SMTP connection.  If the banner does not return in a "timely" manner, I get an alert.   Things like that.