Symantec 10490452 Administration Guide - Page 76

Policies, Group Policies, Virus, Enable inbound virus scanning for this group, Enable outbound virus

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76 Configuring email filtering Assigning filter policies to a group Table 4-5 Virus categories and default actions (Continued) Category Default action Spyware or adware Suspicious attachments Prepend [SPYWARE OR ADWARE INFECTED] to Subject: header. Inbound message: Strip and hold message in Suspect Virus Quarantine. Outbound message: Delay message delivery. For a description of each of these categories, see Table 4-1. See "Creating virus policies" on page 83 for information about creating virus policies. By default, inbound and outbound messages containing a virus or mass-mailing worm, and unscannable messages, including malformed MIME messages, will be deleted. You may want to change the default setting for unscannable messages if you are concerned about losing important messages. To select virus policies for a group 1 In the Control Center, click Policies > Group Policies. 2 On the Group Policies page, click the group for which you want to select virus policies. 3 Click the Virus tab. 4 If desired, check Enable inbound virus scanning for this group to enable the following six virus policies for incoming email. 5 Select the desired policy from each of the following drop-down lists: ■ Inbound virus policy ■ Inbound mass-mailing worm policy ■ Inbound unscannable message policy ■ Inbound encrypted message policy ■ Inbound suspicious attachment message policy ■ Inbound spyware/adware message policy 6 If desired, check Enable outbound virus scanning for this group to enable the following six virus policies for outgoing email. 7 Select the desired policy from each of the following drop-down lists: ■ Outbound virus policy ■ Outbound mass-mailing worm policy ■ Outbound unscannable message policy ■ Outbound encrypted message policy

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Configuring email filtering
Assigning filter policies to a group
For a description of each of these categories, see
Table 4-1
. See
“Creating virus
policies”
on page 83 for information about creating virus policies.
By default, inbound and outbound messages containing a virus or mass-mailing
worm, and unscannable messages, including malformed MIME messages, will be
deleted. You may want to change the default setting for unscannable messages if
you are concerned about losing important messages.
To select virus policies for a group
1
In the Control Center, click
Policies
>
Group Policies
.
2
On the Group Policies page, click the group for which you want to select
virus policies.
3
Click the
Virus
tab.
4
If desired, check
Enable inbound virus scanning for this group
to enable
the following six virus policies for incoming email.
5
Select the desired policy from each of the following drop-down lists:
Inbound virus policy
Inbound mass-mailing worm policy
Inbound unscannable message policy
Inbound encrypted message policy
Inbound suspicious attachment message policy
Inbound spyware/adware message policy
6
If desired, check
Enable outbound virus scanning for this group
to enable
the following six virus policies for outgoing email.
7
Select the desired policy from each of the following drop-down lists:
Outbound virus policy
Outbound mass-mailing worm policy
Outbound unscannable message policy
Outbound encrypted message policy
Spyware or adware
Prepend
[SPYWARE OR ADWARE INFECTED]
to Subject:
header.
Suspicious attachments
Inbound message: Strip and hold message in Suspect Virus
Quarantine.
Outbound message: Delay message delivery.
Table 4-5
Virus categories and default actions (Continued)
Category
Default action