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Testing spam detection, Using the device, Updates and HotFixes, After installation

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Connecting and configuring the appliance Using the device The SMTP protocol section shows that a virus was detected. Delete the message when you finish testing your installation, to avoid alarming unsuspecting users. This file is not a virus. For more information about the EICAR test file, visit: http://www.eicar.org/. Testing spam detection Use this task to run a General Test mail for Unsolicited Bulk Email (GTUBE) to verify that the device is detecting incoming spam. Task 1 From an external email account (SMTP client), create a new email message. 2 In the body of the message, copy the following text: XJS*C4JDBQADN1.NSBN3*2IDNEN*GTUBE-STANDARD-ANTI-UBE-TEST-EMAIL*C.34X Make sure that you type this line with no line breaks. 3 Send the new email message to an internal mailbox address. The device scans the message, recognizes it as a junk email message, and deals with it accordingly. The GTUBE overrides blacklists and whitelists. For more information about the GTUBE, visit http://spamassassin.apache.org/. Using the device Read this information before you use the device. Contents Updates and HotFixes After installation Updates and HotFixes Before deploying the device, download and apply the latest applicable updates and HotFixes from the download site: http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/ NOTE: You will need a valid grant number. After installation After you have installed the device, make sure that your configuration is working correctly. See Testing the device. 42 McAfee Email and Web Security Appliance 5.5 Installation Guide

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The SMTP protocol section shows that a virus was detected.
Delete the message when you finish testing your installation, to avoid alarming unsuspecting
users.
This file is not a virus. For more information about the EICAR test file, visit:
.
Testing spam detection
Use this task to run a
General Test mail for Unsolicited Bulk Email
(GTUBE) to verify that the
device is detecting incoming spam.
Task
1
From an external email account (SMTP client), create a new email message.
2
In the body of the message, copy the following text:
XJS*C4JDBQADN1.NSBN3*2IDNEN*GTUBE-STANDARD-ANTI-UBE-TEST-EMAIL*C.34X
Make sure that you type this line with no line breaks.
3
Send the new email message to an internal mailbox address.
The device scans the message, recognizes it as a junk email message, and deals with it
accordingly. The GTUBE overrides blacklists and whitelists.
For more information about the GTUBE, visit
.
Using the device
Read this information before you use the device.
Contents
Updates and HotFixes
After installation
Updates and HotFixes
Before deploying the device, download and apply the latest applicable updates and HotFixes
from the download site:
NOTE:
You will need a valid grant number.
After installation
After you have installed the device, make sure that your configuration is working correctly. See
Testing the device
.
Connecting and configuring the appliance
Using the device
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