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Table 28., Email Anti-Virus Notification Settings

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ProSecure Web/Email Security Threat Management (STM) Appliance 3. Complete the fields, select the check boxes, and make your selections from the drop-down lists as explained in the following table: Table 28. Email Anti-Virus Notification Settings Setting Description Notification Settings Insert Warning into Email Subject (SMTP) For SMTP email messages, select this check box to insert a warning into the email subject line: • Malware Found. If a malware threat is found, a [MALWARE INFECTED] message is inserted. You can change this default message. • No Malware Found. If no malware threat is found, a [MALWARE FREE] message is inserted. You can change this default message. By default, this check box is cleared and no warnings are inserted. Append Safe Stamp (SMTP and POP3) For SMTP and POP3 email messages, select this check box to insert a default safe stamp message at the end of an email. The safe stamp insertion serves as a security confirmation to the end user. You can change the default message. By default, this check box is cleared and no safe stamp is inserted. Append Warning if For SMTP and POP3 email messages, select this check box to append a default Attachment Exceeds warning message to an email if the message or an attachment to the message Scan Size Limit (SMTP exceeds the scan size limit. The warning message informs the end user that the and POP3) attachment was skipped and might not be safe to open. You can change the default message. By default, this check box is selected and a warning message is appended to the email. Replace Infected Attachments with the Following Warning Message Select this check box to replace an email that is infected with a default warning message. The warning message informs the end user about the name of the malware threat. You can change the default message to include the action that the STM has taken (see the following example). By default, this check box is selected, and a warning message replaces an infected email. The following is a sample message where the %VIRUSINFO% metaword is replaced with the EICAR test virus: This attachment contains malware: File 1.exe contains malware EICAR. Action: Delete. Note: Make sure that you keep the %VIRUSINFO% metaword in a message to enable the STM to insert the correct malware threat information. Email Alert Settings Note: Ensure that the email notification server (see Configuring the Email Notification Server on page 176) is configured before you specify the email alert settings. Send alert to In addition to inserting a warning message to replace an infected email, you can configure the STM to send a notification email to the sender, the recipient, or both by selecting the corresponding check box or check boxes. By default, both check boxes are cleared and no notification email is sent. Chapter 4. Content Filtering and Optimizing Scans | 93

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Chapter 4.
Content Filtering and Optimizing Scans
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ProSecure Web/Email Security Threat Management (STM) Appliance
3.
Complete the fields, select the check boxes, and make your selections from the drop-down
lists as explained in the following table:
Table 28.
Email Anti-Virus Notification Settings
Setting
Description
Notification Settings
Insert Warning into
Email Subject (SMTP)
For SMTP email messages, select this check box to insert a warning into the email
subject line:
Malware Found
. If a malware threat is found, a [MALWARE INFECTED]
message is inserted. You can change this default message.
No Malware Found
. If no malware threat is found, a [MALWARE FREE]
message is inserted. You can change this default message.
By default, this check box is cleared and no warnings are inserted.
Append Safe Stamp
(SMTP and POP3)
For SMTP and POP3 email messages, select this check box to insert a default
safe stamp message at the end of an email. The safe stamp insertion serves as a
security confirmation to the end user. You can change the default message. By
default, this check box is cleared and no safe stamp is inserted.
Append Warning if
Attachment Exceeds
Scan Size Limit (SMTP
and POP3)
For SMTP and POP3 email messages, select this check box to append a default
warning message to an email if the message or an attachment to the message
exceeds the scan size limit. The warning message informs the end user that the
attachment was skipped and might not be safe to open. You can change the
default message. By default, this check box is selected and a warning message is
appended to the email.
Replace Infected
Attachments with the
Following Warning
Message
Select this check box to replace an email that is infected with a default warning
message. The warning message informs the end user about the name of the
malware threat. You can change the default message to include the action that the
STM has taken (see the following example). By default, this check box is selected,
and a warning message replaces an infected email.
The following is a sample message where the %VIRUSINFO% metaword is
replaced with the EICAR test virus:
This attachment contains malware: File 1.exe contains malware EICAR.
Action: Delete.
Note:
Make sure that you keep the %VIRUSINFO% metaword in a message to
enable the STM to insert the correct malware threat information.
Email Alert Settings
Note:
Ensure that the email notification server (see
Configuring the Email Notification Server
on page 176)
is configured before you specify the email alert settings.
Send alert to
In addition to inserting a warning message to replace an infected email, you can
configure the STM to send a notification email to the sender, the recipient, or both
by selecting the corresponding check box or check boxes. By default, both check
boxes are cleared and no notification email is sent.