The Reports tab allows you to generate and view a variety of reports on PureMessage performance, operations, and
message-processing statistics that are displayed as graphs and tables. Reports can be
exported to CSV format, scheduled for automatic generation, and emailed to specified
recipients.
To use these reporting features, the PostgreSQL database must be enabled. Several
programs are used to populate some database tables prior to initial use. Others consume
report data from PureMessage log files and store
the data in the PostgreSQL database.
Note: If the database connection becomes unavailable during normal operation,
only reports depending on OS health data and quarantine data are affected. Once the
database connection is re-established, all other reports will reflect up-to-date system
information.
The Reports: Summary (default) page displays three of the key
PureMessage reports:
- Top Spam Relays: The top relays by number of spam messages received from
them.
- Message Categorizations: The number of messages detected as spam, virus or
other (neither virus nor spam). If PureMessage determines that a message contains spam and also contains a virus, the message
counts toward the virus total only. A message is marked as being spam if its spam
probability score is 50% or greater by default.
- Quarantine Size: The current size (in kilobytes) of local and central
quarantines. It also summarizes new messages added, helping you understand the
growth rate of your quarantine.
To update the reports on the Summary page, click Reports
Summary on the sidebar. This link is also used to return to the
Summary page from other pages of the
Reports tab.
Tip: Alternatively, you can generate, view, and export reports using the
reporting options available via the Reports tab in the PureMessage Groups Web Interface. You can also use
the Groups Web Interface to create custom policy reports. Although it is primarily used
to delegate tasks under the group administration model, the Groups Web Interface can be
configured as a reports manager. You may want to consider this alternative if your
organization generates a lot of reports and you are comfortable managing PureMessage with multiple interfaces. See "Viewing
and Managing Reports" in the "Administrative Groups" section of the
Administrator's Reference for more information.