McAfee AVDCDE-BA-CA User Guide - Page 125

Using the VShield Scanner You can pass alert messages directly to an Alert Manager server, or you can send alert messages as text (.ALR) files to a Centralized Alerting directory that the Alert Manager server checks periodically. Š NOTE: Clearing this checkbox tells the E-Mail Scan module not to send an alert message via Alert Manager, but does not affect other alert messages that you configure in this property page. As part of your anti-virus warning system, the E-Mail Scan module can reply directly with an alert message to anybody who sends you an infected message or attachment. You can copy that message to any other recipient in your organization, or any number of other recipients. If you prefer not to send a reply, you can simply have the module send an e-mail notification, perhaps to a system administrator, whenever it detects a virus. Sending reply messages can aid your ability to track virus sources and pinpoint where infectious agents enter your network; copies of these messages sent to system administrators can help them track how infections spread. You can also choose to send a messages to any recipient without replying to the source of the infected attachment. The E-Mail Scan module can draw recipients directly from your Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Outlook, or other MAPI-compliant address book, or from an equivalent Lotus cc:Mail directory. You can also enter recipient addresses directly. The message you create for a response is a template-the module will send the message you compose automatically to each recipient you designate, so McAfee recommends that you enter a message that all recipients can read and understand. Apart from the steps you take to compose this template message, the module will not give you an opportunity to edit the message before it sends it. You may send one message to reply to the source of the infected message and a different message to other recipients, but you cannot tailor the same message for different recipients. 3. To compose your template messages, follow these substeps: a. Select the Return reply mail to sender checkbox in the Alert property page, then click Configure to open a standard mail message form. Because the module will send this message directly back to the source of the infected e-mail message, the To: button and text box are unavailable. User's Guide 125