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Miscellaneous, Alert Settings

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Getting Started with the User Interface Policy Manager • Core Scanner Control Settings - to view a summary of the scanner control option set that is used by default when no alternative scanner control option sets are available. • Create new set of options - to create a new option set for this policy. 6 If you select Create new set of options, type a unique name for the scanner control filter setting instance. 7 In Maximum nesting level, specify the level to which the scanner must scan, when an attachment contains compressed files within compressed files. 8 In Maximum expanded file size (MB), specify the maximum number of megabytes a file can be when expanded for scanning. We recommend a maximum size of 100MB. 9 In Maximum scan time (minutes), specify the maximum number of minutes that must be spent scanning any file. NOTE: The scan time we specify here must not be greater than the time we specify in Microsoft SharePoint. 10 Click Save to return to the policy page. 11 In Alert selection, when a scanner control option is triggered, select an alert from the drop-down list or click Create to create a new alert. NOTE: For more information about creating a new alert, refer to the Creating a new alert section. If the alert text is not shown and you would like to review it, you can click View/Hide to display the text. If the alert text is displayed, click View/Hide to hide it. 12 In Actions, view the action that will be taken when the level of nesting, file size, or scan time is exceeded. To change this action, select Edit. NOTE: For more information on editing the actions, refer to the Primary and Secondary Actions section. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous options include the Alert settings that enables you to configure an alert message. Alert Settings An alert is a notification message that is sent to the McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint administrators when a scanner/filter has detected an infection with the scanned item. You can use Alert Settings to set up additional information about these alerts. 1 From Policy Manager, select a submenu item On-Access or On-Demand. The policy page for the selected submenu item appears. 2 Click on a policy. 3 Click Alert Settings. The View Settings tab for alert settings appears. 4 In Activation, select Enable to enable the use of alert headers and footers for the selected policy. 5 In Options, select the alert message option set that you want to view or configure. You can select: • An existing alert message option set. • Create new set of options - to create a new option set for this policy. 40 McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint version 2.5 User Guide

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Core Scanner Control Settings
— to view a summary of the scanner control option
set that is used by default when no alternative scanner control option sets are available.
Create new set of options
— to create a new option set for this policy.
6
If you select
Create new set of options
, type a unique name for the scanner control
filter setting instance.
7
In Maximum nesting level, specify the level to which the scanner must scan, when an
attachment contains compressed files within compressed files.
8
In Maximum expanded file size (MB), specify the maximum number of megabytes a file
can be when expanded for scanning. We recommend a maximum size of 100MB.
9
In Maximum scan time (minutes), specify the maximum number of minutes that must be
spent scanning any file.
NOTE:
The scan time we specify here must not be greater than the time we specify in
Microsoft SharePoint.
10
Click
Save
to return to the policy page.
11
In Alert selection, when a scanner control option is triggered, select an alert from the
drop-down list or click
Create
to create a new alert.
NOTE:
For more information about creating a new alert, refer to the
Creating a new alert
section.
If the alert text is not shown and you would like to review it, you can click
View/Hide
to
display the text. If the alert text is displayed, click
View/Hide
to hide it.
12
In Actions, view the action that will be taken when the level of nesting, file size, or scan
time is exceeded. To change this action, select
Edit
.
NOTE:
For more information on editing the actions, refer to the
Primary and Secondary
Actions
section.
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous options include the Alert settings that enables you to configure an alert message.
Alert Settings
An alert is a notification message that is sent to the McAfee Security for Microsoft SharePoint
administrators when a scanner/filter has detected an infection with the scanned item.
You can use Alert Settings to set up additional information about these alerts.
1
From
Policy Manager
, select a submenu item
On-Access
or
On-Demand
. The policy
page for the selected submenu item appears.
2
Click on a policy.
3
Click
Alert Settings
. The View Settings tab for alert settings appears.
4
In Activation, select
Enable
to enable the use of alert headers and footers for the selected
policy.
5
In Options, select the alert message option set that you want to view or configure. You
can select:
An existing alert message option set.
Create new set of options
— to create a new option set for this policy.
Getting Started with the User Interface
Policy Manager
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