Quick start: the dashboard

Mail Log works immediately after the installation. This page shows how to produce the first entry
and how to read the dashboard properly.
Producing the first entry
Send any email through your website — easiest is the built-in test email under System → Global
Configuration → Server → Send Test Mail. Then open Components → Mail Log. The message
appears as the most recent entry.
Reading the dashboard
  
  
The dashboard is the start page of Mail Log.
At the top there are four key figures:
  
    
Tile
Meaning
  
  
    
Emails in total
All logged mails, broken down into sent and failed.
    
Today
Mails of the current day with error rate.
    
Last 7 days
Weekly figure with error rate.
    
Last 30 days
Monthly figure with error rate.
  
Below them follow:
  
The activity chart — sent and failed mails per day, stacked. Above the chart
  the peak hour of the period is shown.
  
Latest emails — the most recent messages with status, subject and sender. One
  click opens the detail view.
  
Latest errors — the most recent failed deliveries, so that you see problems
  immediately.
  
If the chart does not render (with JavaScript switched off, for instance), Mail Log shows the
  same figures as a table automatically. No information is lost.
Where to go from here
The button Open logs takes you to the complete list. There you filter and search all
entries — that is described in the chapter The log list.
Applies to version 1.0.5.
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