Re6: OT: Mail Servers

[Glenn A. Bookout <gblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Howdy:

On 12/06/2002 10:55 USA PT (-0800), cying@xxxxxxxxxxxx ( Charles Ying ), 
wrote...

>1. Admin command to stop and start PO (Hmmm, maybe not start.)
>
>2. Admin command to do backup or schedule backup of mail data. (Need 
>1 to stop server before backup.)
>
>3. Admin command to purge or move log files out of default folder.
>
>4. Admin command to purge user inboxes and let admin know last login 
>date for each account.
   While the above are handy requests, most ( all of 1, 2, 3 and the 
first part of 4 ) can be easily done via current CL cmds. and CRON or TAR 
like utilities.

   If you are running OSX ( client or server ) in a production 
environment you're doing yourself a great disservice by not learning how 
to use the CLI ( via local Terminal or remote SSH ) to accomplish some of 
these things.  At some point you're going to need that experience and 
those utilities to get yourself out of a problem.

   What would be really nice is if Tenon spent its valuable programming 
time getting things like version numbers updated, the docs made more 
informative, and especially, externsive testing to insure the installer 
is less prone to whacking the current setup.

>5. Admin panel (that doesn't time out due to "inactivity") that 
>monitors mail activity in something more friendly than the raw log 
>entries. A graphical plot that can instantly show signs of a spam 
>attack, for example would be helpful.
   Might be handy if it can be run/viewed remotely.

>6. Filter stats. One thing every admin will be trying is to fine-tune 
>the filters. It would be nice if there is some way admins can see how 
>effective each one is.
   Handy if we can turn it on and off, as desired, for troubleshooting, 
etc.

>7. Daily stats that can be emailed to admin(s) listing traffic for 
>each Virtual domains and SMTP relay traffic so we can spot any 
>potential problems or abuses.
   Again, something we can use at our discretion might be nice.

   My $.02, YMMV.

Glenn
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