PMDF System Manager's Guide

This section shows examples of the web-based QM utility's web page displays on a sample system. Figure 31-12 shows the initial page displayed at

http://hostname:7633/qm/

From this initial page, you may request either a full or quick listing of message files currently in PMDF channel queues. The requested listing will not be displayed unless and until you have authenticated yourself as a PMDF manager (that is, as SYSTEM or PMDF on OpenVMS, or as root or pmdf on UNIX, or as Administrator on NT).

Figure 31-12 Web-based QM Home Page

Figure 31-13 shows a sample of a quick listing, as displayed by selecting the "Quick Listing" button from Figure 31-12.

Figure 31-13 Web-based QM Quick Listing Page

Figure 31-14 shows a sample of an advanced options page, as displayed by selecting the "Advanced Options" button from Figure 31-13. Scrolling further down such a page past the point visible in this figure, you would be presented with buttons for each channel for displaying the messages queued for that channel, for submitting a processing job for that channel, or for stopping that channel from running any new processing jobs.

Figure 31-14 Web-based QM Advanced Options Page

Figure 31-15 shows a sample of the filter_discard channel display page, as displayed by clicking on the filter_discard channel from the quick listing page, Figure 31-13, or by selecting the List button from the advanced options page.

Figure 31-15 Web-based QM l Channel Page

Figure 31-16 shows a sample of the Qtop page, as displayed by clicking on "Qtop" from Figure 31-13 or Figure 31-14. Qtop may be used to see what strings or addresses are frequently appearing in messages currently in the PMDF queue area. This can be particularly useful for spotting flurries of unsolicited bulk e-mail (spam) or chain letters. Figure 31-16 shows an example where there are numerous messages in the PMDF queue area whose Subject: header field is "Relay test".

Figure 31-16 Web-based QM Qtop Page

The web-based QM utility also has links on the listing and advanced options pages to the Dispatcher statistics display, such as the sample display shown in Figure 11-5.