Symantec Mail Security, Administration Manual

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83 Configuring email filtering
Creating virus, spam, and compliance filter policies
Creating virus policies
Using the Virus Policies page, you can add, edit, copy, delete, and enable or
disable virus policies.
To add an virus policy
1 In the Control Center, click Policies > Virus .
2 Click Add .
3 In the Policy name box, type a name for the virus policy.
This name appears on the Virus Policies page, and on the Virus tab when
configuring a Group Policy. Compliance, spam, and virus policy names must
be unique. For example, if you have a compliance policy called XYZ, you can’t
have an spam or virus policy called XYZ.
4
Under Apply to, choose where this virus policy should be available:
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Inbound messages
■
Outbound messages
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Inbound and Outbound messages
This determines where this virus policy is available on the Virus tab when
configuring a Group Policy. For example, if you choose Inbound messages
and the mass-mailing worm condition on this page, this virus policy is only
available in the Inbound mass-mailing worm policy drop-down list when
configuring a Group Policy.
5 Under Groups, check one or more groups to which this policy should apply.
You can also add an virus policy to a group on the Virus tab of the Edit Group
page.
6 Under Conditions, select one of the following six conditions:
Number of Groups Number of groups that this policy has been used in
Table 4-6 Policy status page (Continued)
Column Description
If a message contains a
virus The message contains a virus
If a message contains a
mass-mailing worm The message contains a mass-mailing worm, a worm
that propagates itself to other systems via email, often
by using the address book of an email client program