Symantec 10744983 Administration Guide - Page 88

Policies > Group Policies, Enable inbound virus scanning for this group

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88 Configuring email filtering Assigning filter policies to a group 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 ■ Outbound suspicious attachment message policy ■ Outbound spyware/adware message policy 8 Optionally, click View next to any policy to view details of that policy. 9 Click Save. You cannot change virus policy details from the Edit Group page. See "Creating virus policies" on page 94.

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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
Outbound suspicious attachment message policy
Outbound spyware/adware message policy
8
Optionally, click
View
next to any policy to view details of that policy.
9
Click
Save
.
You cannot change virus policy details from the Edit Group page.
See
“Creating virus policies”
on page 94.
Configuring email filtering
Assigning filter policies to a group
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