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Please note that automatically modifying emails may be subject
to legal constraints or might even be prohibited by law.
Some of the features distinguish between inbound and outbound emails. An email is
outbound, if the source IP of the corresponding connection is part of the list "Local IP
addresses" in menu "Modules > Mail Server > SMTP settings" on tab "Relay control".
Additionally authenticated emails and emails composed with SX-GATE's webmail client
are also local.
None of the filter options will apply to SX-GATE system mails.
Attachment filter
Enable this feature to look for unwanted kinds of email attachments. Outbound emails
with unwanted attachments will be rejected. For inbound emails however, a quarantine
procedure is applied. This includes temporarily storing unwanted attachments in a
quarantine area which is available via menu "Monitoring > Mail server". Quarantined
attachments will be re-scanned by the installed virus scanners after each signature
update. Note that quarantined items will be deleted without further notice after 30 days.
Activating this filter in addition to the virusscanner absolutely makes sense. A
virusscanner can only detect known viruses or viruses which can be identified due
to certain well known characteristics or patterns. Therefore the attachment filter can
enhance the overall security.
incoming mails only
Enable this option if you want to look for unwanted attachments in inbound emails
only.
incoming and outgoing mails
Use this setting to filter any email passing SX-GATE's mail server. While inbound
emails are quarantined, outbound emails with unwanted attachments will be
rejected.
Scan ZIP/RAR archives
Enable this switch to include the contents of ZIP and RAR archives when scanning for
files with blocked names. If an archive contains at least one restricted file or not only
permitted files, the whole archive is not permitted.