Symantec Mail Security, Administration Manual

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53 Configuring email settings
Understanding spam settings
Spanish messages, or block messages in English and Spanish and allow
messages in all other languages.
You can use one of two types of language identification:
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Language identification offered by Symantec Mail Security for SMTP
Processing takes place within the software, and no further software needs
to be installed. Using the Policies > Group Policies > Edit > Language tab,
administrators can set language preferences or allow users to set language
preferences.
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Language identification offered by the Symantec Outlook Spam Plug-in
Processing takes place on each user’s computer, and each user must install
the Symantec Outlook Spam Plug-in. Users set their own language
preferences.
Software acceleration
It is possible to increase the speed at which your software can operate. Doing so
will increase your need for system memory. Software acceleration is turned on
by default.
Configuring spam settings
You can use the Spam Settings page to configure settings for suspected spam,
language identification, and software acceleration.
To configure spam settings:
1 In the Control Center, click Settings > Spam .
2 Under Do you want messages to be flagged as suspected spam? , click Yes .
3 Click and drag the slider to increase or decrease the lower limit of the range
for suspected spam. You can also type a value in the box.
4 Under Do you want to enable Language Identification , click Yes or No .
5 Under Software acceleration , check Enable antispam software
acceleration .
Yes Click Yes if users will use the Symantec Outlook Spam Plug-in for
language identification. Built-in language identification is disabled,
and can’t be accessed in the Edit Group page.
No Click No to use the built-in language identification. Symantec
Outlook Spam Plug-in language identification won’t work if you click
No .