Contents
Chapter 1
Introducing Symantec Mail Security for SMTP
Key features ............................................................................................................ 7
Functional overview .............................................................................................. 8
Architecture ............................................................................................................ 9
New features for all users ................................................................................... 10
Changes for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP users ................................... 11
New feature names ...................................................................................... 13
Discontinued features ................................................................................. 13
Changes for Symantec Brightmail Antispam users ....................................... 13
Where to get more information ......................................................................... 15
Chapter 2
Planning your deployment
General deployment considerations ................................................................. 17
MTA usage .................................................................................................... 17
Configuring Scanners .................................................................................. 17
Positioning with other filtering products ................................................ 18
Filtering internal deliveries ....................................................................... 18
LDAP compatibility ..................................................................................... 18
Load balancing ............................................................................................. 19
Adjusting MX records .................................................................................. 19
Adjusting RAM and MySQL threads ......................................................... 19
Deployment models ............................................................................................. 20
Basic gateway deployment ......................................................................... 20
Multi-tier gateway deployment ................................................................. 21
Post-gateway deployment .......................................................................... 23
Chapter 3
Configuring message filtering
Understanding email filtering ........................................................................... 25
Notes on filtering actions ........................................................................... 25
Deployment considerations ............................................................................... 26
