Once Spamphibian Admin is connected to your Spamphibian Gateway, you can check the status, configure, and administer your Spamphibian Gateway. To get a quick overview of the status of your Spamphibian Gateway, click on the server in the "Servers" view to load the "Server Info" pane.

The "Hostname" field shows the value your Spamphibian Gateway will use for incoming SMTP connections as well as outgoing SMTP connections. This value will also appear in the "Received:" headers for all email that passes through your Spamphibian Gateway.

The "Version" field shows the version (ex: 1.0) and build ID (ex: 51208) of the Spamphibian Gateway that you are connected to. Note, this is not version of the Spamphibian Admin that you are using. See the "About Spamphibian Admin Dialog" section of "Chapter 3: Basic Spamphibian Gateway Administration" for information on how to determine which version of Spamphibian Admin you are running.

The "Free disk space" field shows how much disk space you have left on the machine running Spamphibian Gateway. Note, this is not the amount of free disk space you have on the machine running Spamphibian Admin, unless it is running on the same machine as Spamphibian Gateway. See the "Free Disk Space" section of "Chapter 3: Basic Spamphibian Gateway Administration" for more information.

The "Outspring list version" field shows the version of Outspring's list that your Spamphibian Gateway is using to filter messages. If you have subscribed to the Spamcaster Service, you will automatically receive updates of Outspring list, and the "Outspring list version" field will update. The format of the "Outspring list version" field is "<year>-<month>-<date>.<distribution number>". The "<distribution number>" distinguishes between multiple updates that occur on the same day.

The "Last update received" field shows the date and time your Spamphibian Gateway received the Outspring rules listed in the "Outspring list version" field.

See the "Outspring Rules" section of "Chapter 4: Managing Your Filtering Services" for more information about "Outspring Rules" and the Spamcaster Service.

The "Number of rules" field shows the number of Outspring rules your Spamphibian Gateway is using. Note, this number does not include any rules that you have created.

The "Filter overview" part of the "Server Info" pane shows you a quick summary of the amount and types of messages your Spamphibian Gateway has received. For more information about this part of the "Server Info" pane, see the "Filter Overview" section of "Chapter 3: Basic Spamphibian Gateway Administration".

The "Current status" and "Current error" fields provide some additional information about the connection to your Spamphibian Gateway.

The possible "Current status" field values are: "Error", "Disconnected", "Connecting...", "Connected....", "Admin Logged in", and "Unknown".

The possible "Current error" field values are: "None", "Unable to GetHostByName", "Unable to create socket connection", "Unable to correctly preset I/O", "Connection Closed Unexpectedly", "Connection to Server timed out", "Connection Error", "Server Busy", "Invalid username or password", "Only connections from localhost are allowed", "Invalid Protocol", and "Unknown Error".

If you are having problems establishing a connection from Spamphibian Admin to Spamphibian Gateway, see "Chapter 9: Troubleshooting Guide" for help.