McAfee GSSCDE-AA-DA User Guide - Page 152

Mail Size Filtering, Attachment Size

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McAfee® GroupShield™ 7.0 User Guide Policy Manager 10 Scanners and filters 4 From the Options drop-down menu, click create new set of options. The Mail Size Filtering page appears. 5 Specify an Instance name for the mail size filter settings. This field is mandatory. 6 In Maximum overall mail size (KB), specify the maximum size (in kilobytes) that an email message can be. We recommend 100,000 kilobytes (100 megabytes). 7 In Maximum attachment size (KB), specify the maximum size (in kilobytes) that an email message attachment can be. We recommend 32000 kilobytes. 8 In Maximum number of attachments, specify the maximum number of attachments an email message can have. We recommend a maximum of 500 attachments. 9 Click Save, then Apply. Mail size filtering is applicable to both inbound and outbound email messages. Note Primary and secondary actions for mail size filtering Primary actions in the Message Size tab include: „ Replace all attachments with a single alert - to create a single alert for all attachments and replace them instead of generating an alert for each attachment within an email message. „ Allow through - to allow the item to continue to the next scanning phase or on to its final destination. Primary actions in the Attachment Size tab include: „ Replace the attachment with an alert - to replace the attachment with an alert. In this case, an alert is generated for each attachment that triggers a detection. „ Remove the attachment - to remove the attachment from the email message. „ Allow through - to allow the item to continue to the next scanning phase or on to its final destination. Primary actions in the Attachment Count tab include: „ Replace all attachments with a single alert - to create a single alert for all attachments and replace them instead of generating an alert for each attachment within an email message. „ Remove all attachments - to remove all of the attachments from the email message. „ Allow through - to allow the item to continue to the next scanning phase or on to its final destination. 152

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McAfee
®
GroupShield
7.0 User Guide
Policy Manager
Scanners and filters
10
4
From the
Options
drop-down menu, click
create new set of options
. The
Mail Size Filtering
page appears.
5
Specify an
Instance name
for the mail size filter settings. This field is mandatory.
6
In
Maximum overall mail size (KB)
, specify the maximum size (in kilobytes) that an email
message can be. We recommend 100,000 kilobytes (100 megabytes).
7
In
Maximum attachment size (KB)
, specify the maximum size (in kilobytes) that an email
message attachment can be. We recommend 32000 kilobytes.
8
In
Maximum number of attachments
, specify the maximum number of attachments an
email message can have. We recommend a maximum of 500 attachments.
9
Click
Save
, then
Apply
.
Primary and secondary actions for mail size filtering
Primary actions in the
Message Size
tab include:
Replace all attachments with a single alert
— to create a single alert for all attachments
and replace them instead of generating an alert for each attachment within an email
message.
Allow through
— to allow the item to continue to the next scanning phase or on to its
final destination.
Primary actions in the
Attachment Size
tab include:
Replace the attachment with an alert
— to replace the attachment with an alert. In this
case, an alert is generated for each attachment that triggers a detection.
Remove the attachment
— to remove the attachment from the email message.
Allow through
— to allow the item to continue to the next scanning phase or on to its
final destination.
Primary actions in the
Attachment Count
tab include:
Replace all attachments with a single alert
— to create a single alert for all attachments
and replace them instead of generating an alert for each attachment within an email
message.
Remove all attachments
— to remove all of the attachments from the email message.
Allow through
— to allow the item to continue to the next scanning phase or on to its
final destination.
Note
Mail size filtering is applicable to both inbound and outbound email messages.