Generating a report

1. From GFI MailEssentials configuration, go to GFI MailEssentials > Reporting > Reports.

Creating a report

2. From the Report List tab, configure the following report options:

Option Description
Select report to generate:

Select the type of report to generate:

  • Email Direction - shows total emails processed for each email direction - Inbound, Outbound and Internal.
  • Email Direction Chart - graphically shows total emails processed for each email direction - Inbound, Outbound and Internal.
  • Emails Blocked - shows total emails blocked by anti-spam and anti-malware filters for each email direction (Inbound, Outbound and Internal) out of all emails processed.
  • Emails Blocked Graph - graphically shows total emails blocked by anti-spam and anti-malware filters for each email direction (Inbound, Outbound and Internal) out of all emails processed.
  • Spam Filter - shows the total number of emails blocked by each anti-spam filter.
  • Spam Filter Graph - graphically shows the total number of emails blocked by each anti-spam filter.
  • User Report - shows the number of blocked and allowed emails for each email address.
  • User Report (Active Users) - shows the number of blocked and allowed emails for email addresses that were active during the selected report period.

Click View Report Preview to preview how report looks like.

Date filtering

Select report date range.

When selecting Custom date range, specify the period to display data for, from the Custom from date and Custom to date calendar controls.

Email direction filtering Select a particular email direction to display data for or select All email directions (inbound, outbound, internal) to display data for all directions.
Email address filtering Key in an email address to display report information for that particular email address only.
Report Grouping

Specify how to group data. Available options are:

  • Group by Day
  • Group by Week
  • Group by Month
  • Group by Year

3. Click Generate to build and display the report or Save as Custom to save report settings for reuse at a later time.

Emails blocked graph report

Report functions

Use the report top toolbar to do the following functions:

Function Icon Description

Print

Click to print report.

Print current page

Click to print the page that is currently displayed.

Navigate

Use this toolbar to navigate through report pages.

Save

Select format to save report in and click Save. Specify location where to save report.