Powermta Monitoring 8080 Repack May 2026

After reloading PMTA ( pmta reload ), test it locally:

Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Port 8080: A Guide to PowerMTA Monitoring powermta monitoring 8080

Port 8080 is PowerMTA’s hidden gem for real-time analytics. Learn how to unlock HTTP stats, set up proactive monitoring, and keep your email delivery healthy. If you manage a PowerMTA (PMTA) cluster, you probably spend most of your time watching mail logs ( /var/log/pmta ) or parsing pmta show queue . While those are essential, there is a much cleaner, faster, and automation-friendly way to check the pulse of your MTA: Port 8080 . After reloading PMTA ( pmta reload ), test

#!/bin/bash METRICS=$(curl -s http://localhost:8080/pmta/stats) QUEUE_SIZE=$(echo "$METRICS" | grep "pmta.system.queue.size" | awk 'print $2') if [ "$QUEUE_SIZE" -gt 50000 ]; then echo "CRITICAL: PMTA queue > 50k messages" exit 2 elif [ "$QUEUE_SIZE" -gt 10000 ]; then echo "WARNING: Queue building up" exit 1 else echo "OK: Queue size $QUEUE_SIZE" exit 0 fi While those are essential, there is a much

http-listener listen-address :8080 # Restrict to localhost or your monitoring IP allow "127.0.0.1" allow "10.0.0.0/8"