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Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 5.0 is protected under U.S. The product described in this document is furnished under licenses restricting its licensors, if any means without prior written authorization ... SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE FURNISHING PERFORMANCE, OR USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION. Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Administration Guide The software described in this document may be "commercial computer software" and "commercial computer software documentation" as defined in any form ...
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...security alerts. The Technical Support group works collaboratively with Product Engineering as well as Symantec Security...Symantec to answer your service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week worldwide in a variety of Symantec Security Response, the Symantec...Symantec Security Response experts, which is to access the Symantec licensing and registration site at www.symantec.com/certificate. To receive the latest product information by email, go to www.symantec... Symantec ... security ...Symantec Alerting Service and Technical Account Manager role, offer enhanced response and proactive security...
...security alerts. The Technical Support group works collaboratively with Product Engineering as well as Symantec Security...Symantec to answer your service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week worldwide in a variety of Symantec Security Response, the Symantec...Symantec Security Response experts, which is to access the Symantec licensing and registration site at www.symantec.com/certificate. To receive the latest product information by email, go to www.symantec... Symantec ... security ...Symantec Alerting Service and Technical Account Manager role, offer enhanced response and proactive security...
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... Contacting Technical Support Customers with a current support agreement may contact Platinum Technical Support via phone or online at http://www-secure.symantec.com/ platinum/ . When contacting the Technical Support group, please have the following types of issues: ■ Questions ...on product updates and upgrades ■ Information on upgrade insurance and maintenance contracts ■ Information on Symantec Value License Program ■ Advice on Symantec's technical support options ■ Nontechnical presales questions ■ Missing or defective CD-ROMs or manuals Customers...
... Contacting Technical Support Customers with a current support agreement may contact Platinum Technical Support via phone or online at http://www-secure.symantec.com/ platinum/ . When contacting the Technical Support group, please have the following types of issues: ■ Questions ...on product updates and upgrades ■ Information on upgrade insurance and maintenance contracts ■ Information on Symantec Value License Program ■ Advice on Symantec's technical support options ■ Nontechnical presales questions ■ Missing or defective CD-ROMs or manuals Customers...
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Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 About Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Key features ...11 Functional overview 12 Architecture ...13 Where to get more information 14 Configuring system settings Configuring certificate settings 17 Configuring... host (Scanner) settings 20 Working with the Services page 20 HTTP proxies 21 SMTP Scanner settings 22 Advanced SMTP settings 25 Configuring internal mail hosts 28 Testing Scanners 28 Configuring LDAP settings 29 Replicating data to Scanners 37 Starting and stopping replication 38 Replication status information 38 Troubleshooting ...
Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 About Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Key features ...11 Functional overview 12 Architecture ...13 Where to get more information 14 Configuring system settings Configuring certificate settings 17 Configuring... host (Scanner) settings 20 Working with the Services page 20 HTTP proxies 21 SMTP Scanner settings 22 Advanced SMTP settings 25 Configuring internal mail hosts 28 Testing Scanners 28 Configuring LDAP settings 29 Replicating data to Scanners 37 Starting and stopping replication 38 Replication status information 38 Troubleshooting ...
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... settings 57 Configuring content filtering settings 58 Configuring email filtering About email filtering 61 Notes on filtering actions 66 Multiple actions 67 Multiple policies 69 Security risks 70 About precedence 71 Creating groups and adding members 72 Assigning filter policies to a group 75 Selecting virus policies for a group 75 Selecting spam...
... settings 57 Configuring content filtering settings 58 Configuring email filtering About email filtering 61 Notes on filtering actions 66 Multiple actions 67 Multiple policies 69 Security risks 70 About precedence 71 Creating groups and adding members 72 Assigning filter policies to a group 75 Selecting virus policies for a group 75 Selecting spam...
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... messages 146 Configuring Suspect Virus Quarantine 148 Configuring Suspect Virus Quarantine port for incoming email .......148 Configuring the size for Suspect Virus Quarantine 148 Testing Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Verifying normal delivery 151 Verifying spam filtering 151 Testing antivirus filtering 152 Verifying filtering to the Spam Quarantine 153 Configuring alerts and logs...
... messages 146 Configuring Suspect Virus Quarantine 148 Configuring Suspect Virus Quarantine port for incoming email .......148 Configuring the size for Suspect Virus Quarantine 148 Testing Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Verifying normal delivery 151 Verifying spam filtering 151 Testing antivirus filtering 152 Verifying filtering to the Spam Quarantine 153 Configuring alerts and logs...
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...Feature Cross-Reference New features for all users 202 Changes for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP users 203 New feature names 204 Discontinued features 204 Changes for Symantec Brightmail Antispam users 205 About email filtering and message handling options... 217 Configuring the Symantec Spam Folder Agent for Exchange 217 Configuring the Symantec Spam Folder Agent for Domino 218 Enabling automatic spam foldering 221 Enabling language identification 222 Integrating Symantec Mail Security with Symantec Security Information Manager About Symantec Security Information Manager 223 ...
...Feature Cross-Reference New features for all users 202 Changes for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP users 203 New feature names 204 Discontinued features 204 Changes for Symantec Brightmail Antispam users 205 About email filtering and message handling options... 217 Configuring the Symantec Spam Folder Agent for Exchange 217 Configuring the Symantec Spam Folder Agent for Domino 218 Enabling automatic spam foldering 221 Enabling language identification 222 Integrating Symantec Mail Security with Symantec Security Information Manager About Symantec Security Information Manager 223 ...
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... policies, reduce legal liability, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. ■ Group policies and filter policies - 1 Chapter About Symantec Mail Security for SMTP This chapter includes the following topics: ■ Key features ■ Functional overview ■ Architecture ■ Where to ...-deploy, comprehensive gateway-based email security solution through the following: ■ Antispam technology - An easy-to-use authoring tool lets administrators create powerful and flexible...
... policies, reduce legal liability, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. ■ Group policies and filter policies - 1 Chapter About Symantec Mail Security for SMTP This chapter includes the following topics: ■ Key features ■ Functional overview ■ Architecture ■ Where to ...-deploy, comprehensive gateway-based email security solution through the following: ■ Antispam technology - An easy-to-use authoring tool lets administrators create powerful and flexible...
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... spam messages and set their preferences for SMTP host performs both system-wide and host-specific details. Deployed as a Control Center, a Symantec Mail Security for SMTP host is not intended for use as a Scanner, a Symantec Mail Security for SMTP hosts in the following ways: ■ Scanner - Use it is a Web-based configuration and administration center. Note...
... spam messages and set their preferences for SMTP host performs both system-wide and host-specific details. Deployed as a Control Center, a Symantec Mail Security for SMTP host is not intended for use as a Scanner, a Symantec Mail Security for SMTP hosts in the following ways: ■ Scanner - Use it is a Web-based configuration and administration center. Note...
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About Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 13 Architecture Architecture Symantec Mail Security for filtering. For the sake of discussion, our sample message passes through the Filtering Engine to the Transformation Engine without being rejected. ■ The incoming connection arrives at the inbound MTA via TCP/IP. ■ The inbound MTA accepts the connection and moves the message to its inbound queue. ■ The Filtering Hub accepts a copy of the message for SMTP processes a mail message as follows.
About Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 13 Architecture Architecture Symantec Mail Security for filtering. For the sake of discussion, our sample message passes through the Filtering Engine to the Transformation Engine without being rejected. ■ The incoming connection arrives at the inbound MTA via TCP/IP. ■ The inbound MTA accepts the connection and moves the message to its inbound queue. ■ The Filtering Hub accepts a copy of the message for SMTP processes a mail message as follows.
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... access to the technical support Knowledge Base, newsgroups, contact information, downloads, and mailing list subscriptions Provides information about your Symantec Mail Security for SMTP product comes with the following documentation: ■ Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Installation Guide ■ Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Planning Guide ■ Symantec Mail Security for restricted attachment types or keywords, as defined in configurable dictionaries. ■ Spam...
... access to the technical support Knowledge Base, newsgroups, contact information, downloads, and mailing list subscriptions Provides information about your Symantec Mail Security for SMTP product comes with the following documentation: ■ Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Installation Guide ■ Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Planning Guide ■ Symantec Mail Security for restricted attachment types or keywords, as defined in configurable dictionaries. ■ Spam...
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and access to the Virus Encyclopedia, which contains information about all known threats; information about threats www.symantec.com/ avcenter/global/index.html About Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 15 Where to get more information Provides access to white papers about hoaxes;
and access to the Virus Encyclopedia, which contains information about all known threats; information about threats www.symantec.com/ avcenter/global/index.html About Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 15 Where to get more information Provides access to white papers about hoaxes;
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...settings ■ Testing Scanners ■ Configuring LDAP settings ■ Replicating data to attached and enabled Scanners. Every Scanner has separate MTAs for secure Web management. The two types of the SMTP tab on the Settings > Hosts page. ■ User interface HTTPS certificate-This is the... TLS certificate used by the MTAs in each Scanner. Assign this certificate from the Inbound Mail Settings and Outbound Mail Settings portions of certificates are as follows: ■ MTA TLS certificate-This is the HTTPS certificate used by the Control...
...settings ■ Testing Scanners ■ Configuring LDAP settings ■ Replicating data to attached and enabled Scanners. Every Scanner has separate MTAs for secure Web management. The two types of the SMTP tab on the Settings > Hosts page. ■ User interface HTTPS certificate-This is the... TLS certificate used by the MTAs in each Scanner. Assign this certificate from the Inbound Mail Settings and Outbound Mail Settings portions of certificates are as follows: ■ MTA TLS certificate-This is the HTTPS certificate used by the Control...
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... Symantec LiveUpdate run on this panel. The Control Center will be received. 5 Click Save to store your server definition, use the steps below. If you can include a user name and password as needed . 7 Click Save to your changes. In addition to this information, you need to add proxy and/or other security.... 3 Click Edit. 4 Click the Proxy tab. 5 Check Use proxy server. 6 Specify the proxy host name and port on each Scanner, and receive filter updates from Symantec.
... Symantec LiveUpdate run on this panel. The Control Center will be received. 5 Click Save to store your server definition, use the steps below. If you can include a user name and password as needed . 7 Click Save to your changes. In addition to this information, you need to add proxy and/or other security.... 3 Click Edit. 4 Click the Proxy tab. 5 Check Use proxy server. 6 Specify the proxy host name and port on each Scanner, and receive filter updates from Symantec.
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.... The values you complete will see a snapshot of its current status. User and group data is read from LDAP servers at your choice in patch 3. Symantec Mail Security for defining a new LDAP Server. You will depend on your site for one Scanner is attached, select the Scanner you want to test from the...
.... The values you complete will see a snapshot of its current status. User and group data is read from LDAP servers at your choice in patch 3. Symantec Mail Security for defining a new LDAP Server. You will depend on your site for one Scanner is attached, select the Scanner you want to test from the...
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... When LDAP data is replicated from the Control Center to one or more Scanners, status information is generated and displayed via the Status interface in Symantec Mail Security for each Scanner as described in progress 1 In the Control Center, click Status > Scanner Replication. 2 Click Cancel Replication. To view replication status information ◆ In...
... When LDAP data is replicated from the Control Center to one or more Scanners, status information is generated and displayed via the Status interface in Symantec Mail Security for each Scanner as described in progress 1 In the Control Center, click Status > Scanner Replication. 2 Click Cancel Replication. To view replication status information ◆ In...
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... . As a benchmark, a user population of 25k users and 5k distribution lists (with a message of time, the replication process has stalled. Configuring Control Center settings The Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Control Center allows you have enabled global replication via the Replication tab at Settings > Hosts > Edit. 4 If the replication process shows the message...
... . As a benchmark, a user population of 25k users and 5k distribution lists (with a message of time, the replication process has stalled. Configuring Control Center settings The Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Control Center allows you have enabled global replication via the Replication tab at Settings > Hosts > Edit. 4 If the replication process shows the message...
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.... The reverse lookup of an IP address is configured to be entered into the host access control list in the Control Center. This enhances the security for the Control Center and those logging into a name that is controlled by the owner of a netblock, not necessarily a user of dhcp23.example.com for...
.... The reverse lookup of an IP address is configured to be entered into the host access control list in the Control Center. This enhances the security for the Control Center and those logging into a name that is controlled by the owner of a netblock, not necessarily a user of dhcp23.example.com for...
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... the following information to designated email addresses and repositories at your site: ■ Alert notifications ■ Reports ■ Spam Quarantined messages When the MTA for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP is done through it will be configured for single and double-byte character sets and for related language settings.
... the following information to designated email addresses and repositories at your site: ■ Alert notifications ■ Reports ■ Spam Quarantined messages When the MTA for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP is done through it will be configured for single and double-byte character sets and for related language settings.