McAfee GSSCDE-AA-DA User Guide - Page 129

Reject the Message, Anti-Spam Settings

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McAfee® GroupShield™ 7.0 User Guide Policy Manager 10 Scanners and filters „ Reject the Message - to reject the email message. „ Delete message - to delete the email message item. „ Allow through - to allow the item to continue to the next scanning phase or on to its final destination. Secondary actions for Gateway scan (for high, medium, and low spam score) include: „ Log - to record the detection in a log. „ Quarantine message - to take a copy of the item and store it in the quarantine database. „ Notify administrator - to send an alert message to the email administrator. Creating new set of options for anti-spam settings 1 From Policy Manager, select Gateway. The policy page for the Gateway submenu item appears. 2 Choose a desired policy from the drop-down. 3 Click Anti-Spam. The View Settings tab for the anti-spam scanner appears. 4 In Instance name, specify a name for the anti-spam settings. This field is mandatory. 5 In the Options drop-down menu, click create new set of options. The Anti-Spam Settings page appears, with four tabs: „ Options „ Advanced „ Mail Lists „ Rules 6 In the Options tab, under Scoring, type the values for: „ High score threshold - if the overall spam score is 15 or more. „ Medium score threshold - if the overall spam score is 10 or more, but less than 15. „ Low score threshold - if the overall spam score is 5 or more, but less than 10. To use the default values of spam scores, select the Use default option. Note 129

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McAfee
®
GroupShield
7.0 User Guide
Policy Manager
Scanners and filters
10
Reject the Message
— to reject the email message.
Delete message
to delete the email message item.
Allow through
to allow the item to continue to the next scanning phase or on to its
final destination.
Secondary actions for
Gateway
scan (for high, medium, and low spam score) include:
Log
— to record the detection in a log.
Quarantine
message
— to take a copy of the item and store it in the quarantine
database.
Notify administrator
— to send an alert message to the email administrator.
Creating new set of options for anti-spam settings
1
From
Policy Manager
, select
Gateway
. The policy page for the
Gateway
submenu item
appears.
2
Choose a desired policy from the drop-down.
3
Click
Anti-Spam
. The
View Settings
tab for the anti-spam scanner appears.
4
In
Instance name
, specify a name for the anti-spam settings. This field is mandatory.
5
In the
Options
drop-down menu, click
create new set of options
. The
Anti-Spam Settings
page appears, with four tabs:
Options
Advanced
Mail Lists
Rules
6
In the
Options
tab, under
Scoring
, type the values for:
High score threshold
— if the overall spam score is 15 or more.
Medium score threshold
— if the overall spam score is 10 or more, but less than 15.
Low score threshold
— if the overall spam score is 5 or more, but less than 10.
Note
To use the default values of spam scores, select the
Use default
option.