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Introducing Symantec Mail Security for SMTP
Changes for Symantec Brightmail Antispam users
New feature names
Most features in Version 5.0 have similar names to the corresponding Version 4.1
features.
Table 1-3
provides a cross-reference between selected Symantec Mail
Security for SMTP 4.1 features and Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0
features that have different names.
Discontinued features
The following Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 4.1 features are not included in
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0:
■
Auto-generated whitelist
■
Logging of SMTP conversations
■
Hold Queue, automatic reordering of the Slow Queue
■
Return code support for DNS Blacklists
■
Configurable administrator timeout for the management interface
Changes for Symantec Brightmail Antispam users
Although the product name has changed, if you were a Symantec Brightmail
Antispam user you will find the user interface for Symantec Mail Security for
SMTP 5.0 quite familiar. Most features are named similarly, and the organization
of the user interface is quite similar. Most of the changes are new features.
For users of Symantec Brightmail Antispam, Symantec Mail Security for SMTP
Version 5.0 provides significant new and expanded capabilities. In addition to
Table 1-3
Version 4.1 to Version 5.0
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 4.1
Feature Name
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0
Feature Name
Accounts
Administration
Custom disclaimer
Annotation
Scan policy
Settings > Virus > Exclude Scanning tab
Routing
Settings > Hosts > Edit > SMTP tab
