spamfoo dashboard

Question asked by Sabatino - 9/1/2026 at 1:22 AM

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Sorry, I don't understand.

I found the admin dashboard for spamfoo

But I didn't find the dashboard for domain or individual user admins.

On the system admin dashboard, in the top right, I can choose whether to act as system admin, domain admin, or user.

But if I log in as a domain admin or user, how do I get to the dashboard?

Also, as a sysadmin, it lets me see the message list and train me, but as a domain or user, it only lets me see statistics and set rules.

Why doesn't it let me see the messages and misclassify them?

Also, I'm not sure.

If I misclassify from the admin panel, does it apply to the entire server or just the user/domain on which I do it?

Sabatino Traini
Chief Information Officer

Genial s.r.l.
Martinsicuro - Italy

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Gabriele Maoret - SERSIS Replied

9/1/2026 at 4:22 AM

Same questions here...

Gabriele Maoret - Head of SysAdmins and CISO at SERSIS

Currently manages 7 SmarterMail installations (1 in the cloud for SERSIS which provides services to a few hundred third-party email domains + 6 on-premise for customers who prefer to have their mail server in-house)

Derek Curtis Replied

9/1/2026 at 7:26 AM

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If you use the standard SpamFoo Dashboard link in the Email area as a domain admin...

...it should open the dashboard AS the domain admin. You will see 2 areas in the left nav: My Email and Domain Admin.

If you log in as a standard user, all you'll see is the My Email area.

Derek Curtis

CCO

SmarterTools Inc.

www.smartertools.com

Derek Curtis Replied

9/1/2026 at 7:41 AM

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As for the other questions, I pinged the SpamFoo guys:

1. SmarterMail doesn't allow domain admins to impersonate users, so being able to report misclassifications for spam for a user by a domain admin also isn't allowed. It's a permissions/privacy thing, which I can understand. However, allowing USERS to report misclassifications of their own messages is a feature they have on their plate and are currently considering.

2. When a system admin reports a misclassification, it only applies to the user who initially received the message, not the domain as a whole.

Derek Curtis

CCO

SmarterTools Inc.

www.smartertools.com

Sabatino Replied

9/1/2026 at 7:45 AM

Thanks, Derek

Found it.

A location I wasn't expecting. Perhaps it would be a good idea to also add the link in the domain settings (for the domain administrator) and in the user settings.

The other questions remain unanswered.

1) Why can't I see the messages in the dashboard as a domain administrator or as a user? If I could see them, could I misclassify them?

2) If I misclassify as a sysadmin, does the training affect the entire server?

Sabatino Traini
Chief Information Officer

Genial s.r.l.
Martinsicuro - Italy

Derek Curtis Replied

9/1/2026 at 7:51 AM

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@Sabatino -- see my response directly above your last one :)

Derek Curtis

CCO

SmarterTools Inc.

www.smartertools.com

Brian Replied

9/1/2026 at 7:59 AM

So if the system admin user misclassifies it then it only applies to the specific user and not to the whole server?

So the same email from the same domain can get to the inbox of another user and the system admin has to do it all over again?

Sabatino Replied

9/1/2026 at 8:01 AM

Sorry.

I must have posted my reply while you were writing.

I understand the privacy issue. However, I hope that users will soon have a complete dashboard of their messages.

I'd like to be able to train the server.

I think it could be useful.

However, in just over 24 hours, I can say that spamfoo does an excellent job. I've currently given it a very low score (2). I'm observing and haven't seen any false positives. Perhaps the messages are bordering on promotion and spam.

I must say, however, that these messages have an x-spamfoo lower than 0.9.

It would be a good idea to allow the addition of two different scores based on the x-spamfoo value.

Sabatino Traini
Chief Information Officer

Genial s.r.l.
Martinsicuro - Italy

Derek Curtis Replied

9/1/2026 at 8:18 AM

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@Brian Realize that using "Report Misclassification" -- at least as I understand it -- is used to train SpamFoo. Enough reports will affect all users of the server at some point as SpamFoo will eventually see that message data as spam. (At least I'd assume that's the case.)

If you, as the system admin, see a message delivered to several users, some with a Spam classification and others without it, but you recognize it as spam, you can simply create a rule to classify that sender or domain as spam from the system admin dashboard. That way, SpamFoo KNOWS it's spam.

Derek Curtis

CCO

SmarterTools Inc.

www.smartertools.com

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