Symantec 10744983 - Mail Security 8320, Administration Manual

Page: 150 / 249

Specifying Spam Quarantine message and size thresholds
Table 5-2 describes options to limit the number of messages in Spam Quarantine
or the size of Spam Quarantine, and configure Spam Quarantine threshold settings.
Table 5-2
Spam Quarantine Thresholds
Description Threshold
Maximum amount of disk space used for quarantined messages for all
users.
When a new message arrives after the threshold has been reached, a
group of the oldest messages are deleted, and the new message is kept.
Maximum size
of quarantine
database
Maximum amount of disk space used for quarantine messages per user.
When a new message arrives after the threshold has been reached, a
group of the oldest messages for the user are deleted, and the new
message is kept.
Maximum size
per user
Maximum number of messages for all users (the same message sent to
multiple recipients counts as one message).
When a new message arrives after the threshold has been reached, a
group of the oldest messages are deleted, and the new message is kept.
Maximum
number of
messages
Maximum number of quarantine messages per user. When a new
message arrives after the threshold has been reached, a group of the
oldest messages for the user are deleted, and the new message is kept.
Maximum
number of
messages per
user
To specify Spam Quarantine message and size thresholds
1
In the Control Center, click Settings > Quarantine.
2
Under Thresholds, for each type of threshold you want to configure, select
the check box and enter the size or message threshold.
You can configure multiple thresholds.
3
Click Save.
No alert or notification occurs if Spam Quarantine thresholds are exceeded.
However, you can be alerted when disk space is low, which may be caused by
a large number of messages in the Spam Quarantine database.
Troubleshooting Spam Quarantine
The following sections describe some problems that may occur with Spam
Quarantine.
Working with Spam Quarantine
Configuring Spam Quarantine
150