Activity Log & History
The Reporting > History page enables you to monitor all processed emails and review all mail transactions that have passed through GFI OneConnect SecurityA service provided by GFI OneConnect that protects your inbound email from viruses, filters out spam and provides mail monitoring features..
The Mail History table
The Mail History table shows a row for each processed email and its attributes.
By default, the table does not show all the columns documented here. Use the Display Settings tab to add more columns as required. For more information refer to Display Settings.
The Export to CSVA comma serperated values file format. link allows you to download all transactions for the given search criteria to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Click the Refresh link to refresh the history view. Since the entire history is not shown on one page, use the links at the bottom of the page to jump to other pages.
The following table describes each of the columns that are displayed in the Mail History table.
Column | Description |
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Date |
Specifies the time and date that the message was processed. |
Msg Id |
The internal message identifier that GFI OneConnect Security has assigned to the message. Click the Message ID to view extended details in a pop-up window. |
Client Address |
The source IP address of the host that sent the message to GFI OneConnect. Note that if all your mail is relayed through an upstream mail relay before arriving at GFI OneConnect, then this column will only contain the address of the upstream mail relay. |
Type |
The message type as classified by GFI OneConnect Security during scanning. |
From |
The envelope sender address. |
To |
The envelope recipient address. |
Size |
The size of the message |
Subject |
If enabled in Display Settings, this column shows the subject header of the received message. |
Flow |
If enabled in Display Settings, this column shows the direction of the message
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TLSTransport Layer Security (TLS) is a predecessor of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and just like SSL, it provide communications security over a computer network. |
If enabled in Display Settings, this column indicates if TLS was applied to the message. The value may be one of the following:
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Delivery |
If enabled in Display Settings, this column indicates the delivery status of the message. The delivery status may be one of the following:
Note that rejected or quarantined emails have no delivery status as they have not been delivered. |
Delivery Response |
If enabled in Display Settings, this column shows the SMTPSimple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an Internet standard used by GFI OneGuard for electronic mail (email) transmission. SMTP by default uses TCP port 25. response from the destination server. This can be useful to indicate, for instance, why a remote server rejected a message. |
Mail Filters
Various filters can be applied to narrow the number of logs in the Mail History table. The following table describes the various mail filters that can be employed. Multiple filters can be applied together to narrow the search further.
Filter | Description |
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Message Flow |
Indicates the message flow direction: Inbound or Outbound |
Message Type |
Filter messages based on how they were classified by GFI OneConnect Security. Select Choose types and select the scan result types to show. |
Recipient email address |
Filter results using the recipient email address. Use |
Sender email address |
Filter results using the sender email address. Use |
Source IP address |
Filter results based on the connecting client IP address. |
Security ID |
The internal GFI OneConnect Security ID which is assigned to every message. |
Score |
The GFI OneConnect Security spam score assigned to a message. Note that messages which are not analyzed for spam will have no score (e.g. rejected messages) |
Delivery Status |
The delivery status may be one of the following:
Note that rejected or quarantined emails have no delivery status as they have not been delivered. |
Subject |
Filter based on message subject. Use |
Press the Apply button after selecting your search filters to refresh the display.
Display Settings
The options in the Display Settings tab allow you to control what columns and information are displayed in the mail history table.
The following table describes the various Display Settings:
Display Setting | Description |
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Show Message Subject |
Displays the subject of the message |
Show Score for Clean Messages |
Shows the score assigned by GFI OneConnect Security for messages classified as Clean in the Type column. |
Show Score for SpamAn irrelevant or unsolicited email sent over for the purposes of advertising, phishing, spreading malware, etc. Messages |
Displays the score assigned by GFI OneConnect Security for messages classified as Spam in the Type column . |
Show Virus name for Virus Messages |
Shows the virus name that the scanner detected in the Type column of for virus messages. Note that GFI OneConnect uses multiple virus scanners. If the virus scanners have different names for the virus, the name of the virus as identified by the virus scanner which identified the virus first will be used. |
Show Scanner that detected Virus |
Displays the name(s) of the virus scanner(s) that detected the virus in the Type column for virus messages. |
Show Message Flow |
Shows the direction of the email. |
Show TLS encryption status |
Shows the status of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) |
Show delivery status |
Shows the delivery status. |
Show delivery response |
Shows the SMTP response from the destination server. |
Show RBL name |
Shows the name of the Real-time Blackhole ListA list of domains and IP addresses that have been classified as spammers (RBL) that blocked the message. |