The Reports section provides interactive, detailed graphical reports of SecurityGateway's activity. You can generate reports showing the number of inbound versus outbound messages, reports showing a breakdown of the types of junk email received, bandwidth reports, top senders by cumulative message size, virus reports, and more. Further, each report provides options that allow you to designate the parameters of the report. For example, a report can include data for a specific domain or all domains; delineate data by hour, day, or month; and encompass fixed time periods such as a day, week, or month, or use a specific range of dates. Additionally, below each report there is a tabular breakdown of the report's content, providing links to the Message Log, which will filter the log to display only the data related to that entry in the report. For example, it can provide links to display all inbound messages received at a specific hour listed on a report, all message's that contained a virus received on a certain day, all of the messages received by the top recipient for a domain, and so on. After selecting the parameters for a report, simply click View on the toolbar at the top of the page to generate a new report using that criteria. |
There are six sections under the Reports menu:
Scheduled ReportsThis section contains the Statistics Report option: •Statistics Report—This is a general statistical report that can be used to quickly ascertain the status and filtering effectiveness of the server. It can be sent on a nightly or weekly basis to the global administrators, domain administrators, and a manually defined list of email addresses. For domain administrators, the report will only contain statistics for the domains over which the administrator has administrative rights. |
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SummaryThe reports in the Summary section are general summary reports that you can use to see the number of inbound versus outbound messages processed, the amount and type of good email versus junk email, and the amount of bandwidth used by email. •Inbound vs. Outbound Messages—This report shows the total of inbound messages received and the total of outbound messages sent for the selected Domain during the Date Range specified in the report. The table below the graph contains columns for inbound messages and outbound messages, and each row corresponds to the Summary time period by which the report is delineated (hours, days, or months). Click any link in the table to open the Message Log and display the inbound or outbound messages processed during the corresponding time period for that entry. The number of entries in the report is limited by the Max Records setting. When the report is generated, SecurityGateway will start with the first Summary time period and continue until the Max Records value is reached. If the Max Records value isn't set high enough, then the report may not cover the entire Date Range specified. To generate a new report, specify its parameters and then click View on the toolbar above the report. •Good vs. Junk Messages—This report shows the total of good or legitimate messages versus junk messages processed for the selected Domain during the Date Range specified in the report. Junk messages are message identified as spam, spoofed, containing viruses, and the like. The table below the graph contains columns for good messages and junk messages, and each row corresponds to the Summary time period by which the report is delineated (hours, days, or months). Click any link in the table to open the Message Log and display the good or junk messages processed during the corresponding time period for that entry. The number of entries in the report is limited by the Max Records setting. When the report is generated, SecurityGateway will start with the first Summary time period and continue until the Max Records value is reached. If the Max Records value isn't set high enough, then the report may not cover the entire Date Range specified. To generate a new report, specify its parameters and then click View on the toolbar above the report. •Junk Email Breakdown—This report displays the total of all junk email, categorized by type, for the selected Domain during the Date Range specified in the report. Junk email is categorized into six types: Spam, Virus, Spoofing, Abuse, Incomplete, and User. The Incomplete category is for all sessions where a timeout occurs or the client closes the socket or issues a quit command before sending the data. SMTP probes fall under this category. The User category is for Blocklists, Content Filter Rules, Attachment Filtering, and custom Sieve Scripts. The remaining categories refer to their corresponding Security sections. The table below the graph contains columns for each type, and each row corresponds to the Summary time period by which the report is delineated (hours, days, or months). Click any link in the table to open the Message Log and display the junk messages in that category that were processed during the corresponding time period for that entry. The number of entries in the report is limited by the Max Records setting. When the report is generated, SecurityGateway will start with the first Summary time period and continue until the Max Records value is reached. If the Max Records value isn't set high enough, then the report may not cover the entire Date Range specified. To generate a new report, specify its parameters and then click View on the toolbar above the report. •Junk Email - Top Countries—This report displays the amount of junk email received, by country, for the Domain and Date Range specified. •Total Bandwidth Used by Email—This report shows the amount of bandwidth used by email during the Date Range specified in the report. The table below the graph contains a column for the amount of bandwidth used, and each row corresponds to the Summary time period by which the report is delineated (hours, days, or months). Click any time period in the table to open the Message Log and display the messages processed during that period. The number of entries in the report is limited by the Max Records setting. When the report is generated, SecurityGateway will start with the first Summary time period and continue until the Max Records value is reached. If the Max Records value isn't set high enough, then the report may not cover the entire Date Range specified. As with all reports in this section, to generate a new report, specify its parameters and then click View on the toolbar above the report. |
In addition to the reporting options listed here, SecurityGateway provides various Performance Counters for use in the Windows Performance Monitor, which allow you to monitor SecurityGateway's status in real time. There are counters for the number of active inbound and outbound SMTP sessions, the number of messages queued for delivery, how many messages are quarantined, how long SecurityGateway has been running, the domain and user counts, and so on. Note: the following counters are only updated every minute: Delivery Queue, Admin Quarantine, User Count, Domain Count.
To use the counters, in Windows:
1.Open Administrative Tools in the Control Panel, and double-click Performance Monitor (or Run perfmon).
2.Under Monitoring Tools, click Performance Monitor, and then click "+" (Add) on the toolbar to open the Add Counters dialog.
3.In the list under "Available counters," click SecurityGateway, and click Add >> to add all SecurityGateway counters. Alternatively, if you don't wish to add all the counters, expand the SecurityGateway group and select any desired counters before clicking Add >>.
4.Click OK.
Note: To see the performance counters from SecurityGateway running on another machine you must have the "Remote Registry" service enabled and have access through any firewalls.