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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Plugin to monitor Amavis virus and spam statistics.
+#
+# 
+# Based on a routine by William Towle
+# Uncomment the cdef lines to convert the graph to mails/minute
+# Comment out the line "total.graph no" to show the total on the graph. This may not be aesthetically pleasing.
+#
+# Parameters understood:
+#
+# 	config   (required)
+# 	autoconf (optional)
+#
+
+# requires logtail
+
+LOGDIR=${logdir:-/var/log/amavis}
+MAIL_LOG=$LOGDIR/${logfile:-amavisd.log}
+LOGTAIL=${logtail:-`which logtail`}
+STATEFILE=/var/lib/munin/plugin-state/amavis.offset
+
+if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
+        if [ -f "${MAIL_LOG}" -a -n "${LOGTAIL}" -a -x "${LOGTAIL}" ] ; then
+		echo yes
+		exit 0
+	else
+		echo no
+		exit 1
+	fi
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
+	echo 'graph_title Amavis message filtering'
+
+	echo 'graph_category mail'
+	echo 'graph_vlabel Mails per minute'
+	echo 'graph_args --base 1000 -l 0'
+
+	echo 'graph_order clean p_spam b_spam virus total'
+	
+	echo 'clean.min 0'
+	echo 'clean.type ABSOLUTE'
+	#echo 'clean.cdef clean,60,*'
+	echo 'clean.draw AREA'
+
+		for i in p_spam b_spam virus;
+		do
+			echo "$i.min 0"
+			echo "$i.type ABSOLUTE";
+			#echo "$i.cdef $i,60,*";
+			echo "$i.draw STACK";
+		done
+
+	echo 'clean.label Passed CLEAN'
+	echo 'p_spam.label Passed SPAMMY'
+	echo 'b_spam.label Blocked SPAMMY'
+	echo 'virus.label Blocked INFECTED'
+	echo 'total.label Total'
+	echo 'total.graph no'
+	echo 'clean.colour 00ff00'
+	echo 'p_spam.colour ff4000'
+	echo 'b_spam.colour ff0000'
+	echo 'virus.colour 000000'
+        exit 0
+
+fi
+
+
+
+
+$LOGTAIL ${MAIL_LOG} $STATEFILE | \
+awk 'BEGIN { na= 0; nb= 0; nc= 0; nd= 0; total= 0 } 
+
+	{       
+	
+               if (index($0, "Passed CLEAN")) { na++ ; total++ } 
+               else if (index($0, "Passed SPAMMY")) { nb++ ; total++ }    
+               else if (index($0, "Blocked SPAMMY")) { nc++ ; total++ }
+               else if (index($0, "INFECTED")) { nd++ ; total++ }
+	}
+	END { print "clean.value " na"\np_spam.value " nb"\nb_spam.value " nc"\nvirus.value " nd"\ntotal.value " total }'
+
+