Reading the Dashboard: Blocked, Flagged, and Allowed

Every setting in Spamify is a hypothesis about what’s spam. The dashboard is where you check whether the hypothesis is right. It sorts your form traffic into three buckets, with per-day charts so you can see trends, not just totals.

The three buckets

• Blocked — submissions that scored at or above your block threshold, or tripped a hard-block rule. These never reached your inbox or database.
• Flagged — submissions in the gray zone: allowed through, but marked for your review.
• Allowed — submissions that scored clean and passed silently.

What each bucket tells you

Read the flagged bucket first

This is the most informative one. Skim it:

• All obvious spam? Your block_threshold is set too high — lower it so these block automatically.
• Real messages showing up? Your flag_threshold is too aggressive, or a specific sender needs allowlisting.

Spot-check the blocked bucket

Occasionally scan what got blocked to make sure nothing legitimate is being turned away. If it is, you’ve found a false positive — allowlist the sender or revisit your weights.

Watch the daily charts

A sudden spike in blocked submissions usually means an attack — and confirms your defenses are working. A spike in allowed junk means something is slipping through and it’s time to tighten.

Logs and log level

Behind the dashboard, the log detail is governed by log_level. Turn it up when you’re actively debugging a false positive; keep it lower for normal operation to save space. And remember the logs respect your retention and anonymisation settings — they’re purged automatically.