The Milter (Policy) service is the core mail-processing service for PureMessage. It accepts messages from a mail transfer agent (MTA), processes them according to configured policies, and then passes the messages back to the MTA for delivery.
The Milter (Policy) service is always displayed in the Background Services table, along with its status and process ID. The number of milter processes are shown in the Details column. For additional information, click Milter (Policy) to view the Milter Status page, which also shows the number of threads, the port on which this service is running, and the Virtual Memory (VM) size of the top-level process.
From the Milter Status page, you can link to a service-specific configuration page, the Edit Milter page, by clicking Edit.
The Milter Status page shows the following information in the Milter: Policy table:
To manage the Milter service: Click Start, Restart, or Stop to perform these actions. Only currently available actions are displayed.