Symantec 10490452 Administration Guide - Page 83

Configuring email filtering 83 Creating virus, spam, and compliance filter policies Table 4-6 Policy status page (Continued) Column Description Number of Groups Number of groups that this policy has been used in Creating virus policies Using the Virus Policies page, you can add, edit, copy, delete, and enable or disable virus policies. To add an virus policy 1 In the Control Center, click Policies > Virus. 2 Click Add. 3 In the Policy name box, type a name for the virus policy. This name appears on the Virus Policies page, and on the Virus tab when configuring a Group Policy. Compliance, spam, and virus policy names must be unique. For example, if you have a compliance policy called XYZ, you can't have an spam or virus policy called XYZ. 4 Under Apply to, choose where this virus policy should be available: ■ Inbound messages ■ Outbound messages ■ Inbound and Outbound messages This determines where this virus policy is available on the Virus tab when configuring a Group Policy. For example, if you choose Inbound messages and the mass-mailing worm condition on this page, this virus policy is only available in the Inbound mass-mailing worm policy drop-down list when configuring a Group Policy. 5 Under Groups, check one or more groups to which this policy should apply. You can also add an virus policy to a group on the Virus tab of the Edit Group page. 6 Under Conditions, select one of the following six conditions: If a message contains a virus If a message contains a mass-mailing worm The message contains a virus The message contains a mass-mailing worm, a worm that propagates itself to other systems via email, often by using the address book of an email client program