As the administrator, you can use Spamphibian Admin to check on the status of your Spamphibian Gateway. In order to check the status of Spamphibian Gateway, your Spamphibian Admin must be connected.

If Spamphibian Admin is connected to your Spamphibian Gateway, there will be a green icon next to the server name in the "Servers" view.

If Spamphibian Admin is disconnected from your Spamphibian Gateway, you will see a grey icon next to the server name in the "Servers" view. Additionally, if you have started Spamphibian Admin in a disconnected state, you will not see any data in the "Server Info" pane.

You many also see a green icon with a lock or a dotted green icon. This means that the Spamphibian Admin is in the process of authenticating.

A flashing red icon means that the Spamphibian Admin is attempting to connect to the Spamphibian Gateway, but is unable to. This could mean that you've specified the wrong username or password, that the Spamphibian Gateway is down (or unreachable), etc. Please see Chapter 9 for some suggestions on how to trouble shoot this problem.

After connecting, you may be reminded to activate your Spamphibian Gateway. It is important to activate before your demo period expires. After the demo period expires, Spamphibian Gateway will stop filtering out unwanted messages, and deliver all messages and deliver them to your destination SMTP servers,

To get a quick overview of the status of your Spamphibian Gateway, click on the server in the "Servers" view. This will load the "Server Info" pane.

To connect to a disconnected Spamphibian Gateway, select the server in the "Servers" view, and click the "Connect" button. Alternatively, you can use the "Connect" menu item under the "File" menu or the Command-Shift-C shortcut.

To disconnect from a connected Spamphibian Gateway, select the server in the "Servers" view, and click the "Disconnect" button. Alternatively, you can use the "Disconnect" menu item under the "File" menu or the Command-Shift-D shortcut.