Symantec Mail Security, Administration Manual

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76 Configuring email filtering
Assigning filter policies to a group
For a description of each of these categories, see Table 4-1 . See “Creating virus
policies” on page 83 for information about creating virus policies.
By default, inbound and outbound messages containing a virus or mass-mailing
worm, and unscannable messages, including malformed MIME messages, will be
deleted. You may want to change the default setting for unscannable messages if
you are concerned about losing important messages.
To select virus policies for a group
1
In the Control Center, click Policies > Group Policies .
2 On the Group Policies page, click the group for which you want to select
virus policies.
3 Click the Virus tab.
4 If desired, check Enable inbound virus scanning for this group to enable
the following six virus policies for incoming email.
5 Select the desired policy from each of the following drop-down lists:
■
Inbound virus policy
■
Inbound mass-mailing worm policy
■
Inbound unscannable message policy
■
Inbound encrypted message policy
■
Inbound suspicious attachment message policy
■
Inbound spyware/adware message policy
6 If desired, check Enable outbound virus scanning for this group to enable
the following six virus policies for outgoing email.
7 Select the desired policy from each of the following drop-down lists:
■
Outbound virus policy
■
Outbound mass-mailing worm policy
■
Outbound unscannable message policy
■
Outbound encrypted message policy
Spyware or adware Prepend
[SPYWARE OR ADWARE INFECTED]
to Subject:
header.
Suspicious attachments Inbound message: Strip and hold message in Suspect Virus
Quarantine.
Outbound message: Delay message delivery.
Table 4-5 Virus categories and default actions (Continued)
Category Default action