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... referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Symantec Corporation 20330 Stevens Creek Blvd. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ Version 6.0.2 Installation Guide Document Version 1.0 Brightmail, the Brightmail logo, BLOC, BrightSig, Probe Network and The Anti-Spam Leader are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation. For third party notices, see Appendix B, "Third Party Licenses...
... referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Symantec Corporation 20330 Stevens Creek Blvd. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ Version 6.0.2 Installation Guide Document Version 1.0 Brightmail, the Brightmail logo, BLOC, BrightSig, Probe Network and The Anti-Spam Leader are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation. For third party notices, see Appendix B, "Third Party Licenses...
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... Contents Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview 1 What's New in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 2 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Architecture Overview 3 Brightmail Scanner 4 Brightmail Control Center 5 Group Policies, Email Categories, and Filtering Actions 6 Brightmail Filters 8 AntiSpam Filters 8 Content Filters 9 Blocked and Allowed Senders Lists 9 AntiVirus Filters 10 Brightmail Conduit 11 Brightmail Quarantine 11 Spam Foldering and Submissions 11 Installation Sequence 12 Installing Brightmail Scanner for Sendmail 15 Preparing to Install Brightmail Scanner...
... Contents Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview 1 What's New in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 2 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Architecture Overview 3 Brightmail Scanner 4 Brightmail Control Center 5 Group Policies, Email Categories, and Filtering Actions 6 Brightmail Filters 8 AntiSpam Filters 8 Content Filters 9 Blocked and Allowed Senders Lists 9 AntiVirus Filters 10 Brightmail Conduit 11 Brightmail Quarantine 11 Spam Foldering and Submissions 11 Installation Sequence 12 Installing Brightmail Scanner for Sendmail 15 Preparing to Install Brightmail Scanner...
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... Uninstalling Brightmail Control Center on UNIX 73 Uninstalling Brightmail Control Center on Windows 73 Control Center Testing and Configuration 75 Testing Installation of the Brightmail Control Center 76 Reviewing the Installation Log 76 Logging in and Logging out 76 Checking Versions 76 Adding a Brightmail Scanner 77 Starting a Brightmail Scanner from the Brightmail Control Center . . 78 iv Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam...
... Uninstalling Brightmail Control Center on UNIX 73 Uninstalling Brightmail Control Center on Windows 73 Control Center Testing and Configuration 75 Testing Installation of the Brightmail Control Center 76 Reviewing the Installation Log 76 Logging in and Logging out 76 Checking Versions 76 Adding a Brightmail Scanner 77 Starting a Brightmail Scanner from the Brightmail Control Center . . 78 iv Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam...
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... 105 Appendix A: Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Files 107 Brightmail Scanner on UNIX 108 Brightmail Scanner, Complete (Brightmail Server, Brightmail Client 108 Brightmail Scanner Installation with Brightmail Server Only . . . . . 113 Brightmail Scanner Installation with Brightmail Client Only . . . . . 118 Brightmail Scanner on Windows 120 Brightmail Scanner, Complete (Brightmail Server, Brightmail Client 120 Brightmail Scanner Installation with Brightmail Server Only . . . . . 127 Brightmail Scanner Installation with Brightmail Client Only . . . . . 132 Brightmail Control Center on...
... 105 Appendix A: Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Files 107 Brightmail Scanner on UNIX 108 Brightmail Scanner, Complete (Brightmail Server, Brightmail Client 108 Brightmail Scanner Installation with Brightmail Server Only . . . . . 113 Brightmail Scanner Installation with Brightmail Client Only . . . . . 118 Brightmail Scanner on Windows 120 Brightmail Scanner, Complete (Brightmail Server, Brightmail Client 120 Brightmail Scanner Installation with Brightmail Server Only . . . . . 127 Brightmail Scanner Installation with Brightmail Client Only . . . . . 132 Brightmail Control Center on...
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... and strategies to filter and classify email as a source of spam or of legitimate email. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam software filters email in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam • Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Architecture Overview • Group Policies, Email Categories, and Filtering Actions • Brightmail Filters • Brightmail Conduit • Brightmail Quarantine • Spam Foldering and Submissions • Installation Sequence Installation Guide 1 you to third-party...
... and strategies to filter and classify email as a source of spam or of legitimate email. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam software filters email in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam • Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Architecture Overview • Group Policies, Email Categories, and Filtering Actions • Brightmail Filters • Brightmail Conduit • Brightmail Quarantine • Spam Foldering and Submissions • Installation Sequence Installation Guide 1 you to third-party...
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... from the Control Center. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Version 6.0 Enhancements Feature Description Brightmail Control Center The Brightmail Control Center (Control Center) is now managed via the Brightmail Control Center. The Brightmail Reputation Service includes the Open Proxy List, the Safe List and the Suspect List. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview What's New in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Version 6.0 provides the following components: Brightmail Server, Brightmail Client. Each list...
... from the Control Center. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Version 6.0 Enhancements Feature Description Brightmail Control Center The Brightmail Control Center (Control Center) is now managed via the Brightmail Control Center. The Brightmail Reputation Service includes the Open Proxy List, the Safe List and the Suspect List. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview What's New in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Version 6.0 provides the following components: Brightmail Server, Brightmail Client. Each list...
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...filtering system that protects your customers and your network through Symantec's worldwide Probe NetworkTM, an extensive array of automation and human intervention allows Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam to adapt in real time to Brightmail Servers on three continents, comprising a round-the-clock .... BLOC Technicians play an important role in false positives. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam heuristic filters are designed to our spam-fighting arsenal. By targeting filters against specific attacks, the BLOC keeps Symantec's false positive rate extremely low (less than 1 in ...
...filtering system that protects your customers and your network through Symantec's worldwide Probe NetworkTM, an extensive array of automation and human intervention allows Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam to adapt in real time to Brightmail Servers on three continents, comprising a round-the-clock .... BLOC Technicians play an important role in false positives. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam heuristic filters are designed to our spam-fighting arsenal. By targeting filters against specific attacks, the BLOC keeps Symantec's false positive rate extremely low (less than 1 in ...
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.... Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview Figure 1 shows an overview of email messages. A Brightmail Server - If the Brightmail Scanner contains a Brightmail Client, then a supported mail transfer agent (MTA) must also reside on the same computer. 4 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ Brightmail Scanners perform the actual filtering of Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam. Each Brightmail Scanner contains: • A Brightmail Agent • One or both of Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam can have one or more Brightmail Scanners. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam...
.... Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview Figure 1 shows an overview of email messages. A Brightmail Server - If the Brightmail Scanner contains a Brightmail Client, then a supported mail transfer agent (MTA) must also reside on the same computer. 4 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ Brightmail Scanners perform the actual filtering of Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam. Each Brightmail Scanner contains: • A Brightmail Agent • One or both of Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam can have one or more Brightmail Scanners. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam...
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.... • View online help for classification. Brightmail Control Center Each Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam installation has exactly one can install the Brightmail Control Center and the Brightmail Scanner on the same computer. For smaller installations, you can talk to multiple Brightmail Servers. The Brightmail Control Center contains the following software: Brightmail Quarantine Brightmail Quarantine provides storage of -the-art technologies, the...
.... • View online help for classification. Brightmail Control Center Each Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam installation has exactly one can install the Brightmail Control Center and the Brightmail Scanner on the same computer. For smaller installations, you can talk to multiple Brightmail Servers. The Brightmail Control Center contains the following software: Brightmail Quarantine Brightmail Quarantine provides storage of -the-art technologies, the...
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Figure 2 shows the major components of users. 6 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ Figure 2. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Components Group Policies, Email Categories, and Filtering Actions Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam provides a wide variety of actions for filtering email, and allows you to either set identical options for all users, or specify different actions for the Brightmail Control Center and Brightmail Quarantine. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview Server) performs Web hosting functions for different groups of Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam installed at your site.
Figure 2 shows the major components of users. 6 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ Figure 2. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Components Group Policies, Email Categories, and Filtering Actions Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam provides a wide variety of actions for filtering email, and allows you to either set identical options for all users, or specify different actions for the Brightmail Control Center and Brightmail Quarantine. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview Server) performs Web hosting functions for different groups of Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam installed at your site.
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...use third party blocked senders lists. The Safe List, part of up to eight different filtering options. Installation Guide 7 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview You can choose how to handle these emails immediately. • Unscannable emails - You can also specify trusted senders... all filtering (except antivirus filtering, if enabled). You can use Symantec's Spam Scoring to identify a range of email. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam identifies mass-mailing worm emails as suspected spam, based on Symantec virus definitions and engines. • Mass-mailing worms - You can...
...use third party blocked senders lists. The Safe List, part of up to eight different filtering options. Installation Guide 7 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview You can choose how to handle these emails immediately. • Unscannable emails - You can also specify trusted senders... all filtering (except antivirus filtering, if enabled). You can use Symantec's Spam Scoring to identify a range of email. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam identifies mass-mailing worm emails as suspected spam, based on Symantec virus definitions and engines. • Mass-mailing worms - You can...
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... of filtering strategies, based on specific URLs found in matches of false positives-demands a careful and flexible approach to be unique across similar spam messages. 8 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ You can create lists of blocked senders and allowed senders and you , using our state-of your organization. • Blocked and Allowed Senders Lists...
... of filtering strategies, based on specific URLs found in matches of false positives-demands a careful and flexible approach to be unique across similar spam messages. 8 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ You can create lists of blocked senders and allowed senders and you , using our state-of your organization. • Blocked and Allowed Senders Lists...
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... be deflected with a single filter. You have three sets of known spam. Unless AntiVirus Filters detect a virus or worm, Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam treats mail coming from any other filtering. You can create custom content filters, using either the Custom Filters Editor provided through the... using DNS lookups, whether incoming mail is a common example of ways: • Define a custom Allowed Senders List - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview Signature Filters - Allowed senders are running open SMTP relays or open proxy server ports. When messages flow into the BLOC...
... be deflected with a single filter. You have three sets of known spam. Unless AntiVirus Filters detect a virus or worm, Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam treats mail coming from any other filtering. You can create custom content filters, using either the Custom Filters Editor provided through the... using DNS lookups, whether incoming mail is a common example of ways: • Define a custom Allowed Senders List - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview Signature Filters - Allowed senders are running open SMTP relays or open proxy server ports. When messages flow into the BLOC...
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...from which virtually no viruses, the message is a list of IP addresses from viruses, server no valuable purpose. 10 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ For example, you have set policies potential virus messages that cannot be processed by BLOC Technicians-integrates the virus definitions...lists can also set up -to-date virus definitions and engines to rid email attachments of viruses. Brightmail Reputation Service Lists: By default, Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam is a dynamic database containing IP addresses of identity-masking relays, including proxy servers with open proxy ...
...from which virtually no viruses, the message is a list of IP addresses from viruses, server no valuable purpose. 10 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ For example, you have set policies potential virus messages that cannot be processed by BLOC Technicians-integrates the virus definitions...lists can also set up -to-date virus definitions and engines to rid email attachments of viruses. Brightmail Reputation Service Lists: By default, Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam is a dynamic database containing IP addresses of identity-masking relays, including proxy servers with open proxy ...
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... and Lotus Domino Servers, respectively. Quarantine stores spam messages in Quarantine. Spam Foldering and Submissions Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam features the Spam Folder Agent and the Symantec Spam Folder Agent for the availability of new filters from the BLOC. Installation Guide 11 Filter updates... a reminder to create filters. A Java-based Web Server presents the Quarantine interface to their spam messages in the Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam MySQL database on each user's mailbox. The spam folder agents relieve end users and administrators of the burden of filtering...
... and Lotus Domino Servers, respectively. Quarantine stores spam messages in Quarantine. Spam Foldering and Submissions Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam features the Spam Folder Agent and the Symantec Spam Folder Agent for the availability of new filters from the BLOC. Installation Guide 11 Filter updates... a reminder to create filters. A Java-based Web Server presents the Quarantine interface to their spam messages in the Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam MySQL database on each user's mailbox. The spam folder agents relieve end users and administrators of the burden of filtering...
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... "Hardware Requirements," on page 16 - See "Upgrading Software," on page 21 for UNIX Brightmail Scanners, or "Upgrading Software," on page 67. 12 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ Refer to administer their own allowed senders and blocked senders lists. This document presents ...on page 57 - "Hardware Requirements," on page 18 - UNIX and Windows: Brightmail Control Center - "Create Required Accounts and Directories," on page 43 - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview The Symantec Plug-in a variety of circumstances and works for more information about spam foldering ...
... "Hardware Requirements," on page 16 - See "Upgrading Software," on page 21 for UNIX Brightmail Scanners, or "Upgrading Software," on page 67. 12 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ Refer to administer their own allowed senders and blocked senders lists. This document presents ...on page 57 - "Hardware Requirements," on page 18 - UNIX and Windows: Brightmail Control Center - "Create Required Accounts and Directories," on page 43 - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview The Symantec Plug-in a variety of circumstances and works for more information about spam foldering ...
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Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview 4 Add a Brightmail Scanner using the Brightmail Control Center as described in "Adding a Brightmail Scanner," on page 77. 5 Make sure the Brightmail Scanner can be turned on by the Brightmail Control Center as described in "Starting a Brightmail Scanner from the Brightmail Control Center," on page 78. 6 Test that filtering is working as described in "Testing Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Filtering," on page 78. Installation Guide 13
Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview 4 Add a Brightmail Scanner using the Brightmail Control Center as described in "Adding a Brightmail Scanner," on page 77. 5 Make sure the Brightmail Scanner can be turned on by the Brightmail Control Center as described in "Starting a Brightmail Scanner from the Brightmail Control Center," on page 78. 6 Test that filtering is working as described in "Testing Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Filtering," on page 78. Installation Guide 13
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...deploy depends on your message volume. The minimum suggested configuration requirements for Sendmail. Preparing to Install Brightmail Scanner This section contains details of Brightmail Scanner computers you are upgrading from Version 6.0 or Version 6.0.1, refer to "Upgrading Software," on... - 250 MB disk space minimum (1 GB or more recommended) Installation Guide 15 The following sections for the installation of Brightmail Scanner. • Confirm Hardware Requirements • Confirm Software and Location Requirements • Enable Sendmail External Filtering • Create...
...deploy depends on your message volume. The minimum suggested configuration requirements for Sendmail. Preparing to Install Brightmail Scanner This section contains details of Brightmail Scanner computers you are upgrading from Version 6.0 or Version 6.0.1, refer to "Upgrading Software," on... - 250 MB disk space minimum (1 GB or more recommended) Installation Guide 15 The following sections for the installation of Brightmail Scanner. • Confirm Hardware Requirements • Confirm Software and Location Requirements • Enable Sendmail External Filtering • Create...
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... operating systems and contains these additional software requirements: • Solaris - Confirm Software and Location Requirements This version of Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam is required. Solaris 8 or 9 For Solaris 8, patch 112438 is supported for Sendmail on your Red Hat distribution CD...3.1 • Sendmail Filtering You must enable the Sendmail Milter API. For registration and ongoing operations, Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam communicates with the BLOC 16 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ Because the tar file names exceed the 40 character file name limit of free /tmp disk...
... operating systems and contains these additional software requirements: • Solaris - Confirm Software and Location Requirements This version of Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam is required. Solaris 8 or 9 For Solaris 8, patch 112438 is supported for Sendmail on your Red Hat distribution CD...3.1 • Sendmail Filtering You must enable the Sendmail Milter API. For registration and ongoing operations, Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam communicates with the BLOC 16 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ Because the tar file names exceed the 40 character file name limit of free /tmp disk...
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NOTE: Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam's ability to identify spam accurately depends on page 33. Otherwise, follow the steps below to add the necessary lines to the build configuration ... you see "Configuring Sendmail for Sendmail over a secure connection. Enable Sendmail External Filtering Your Sendmail installation must be configured to allow outbound connections. Installing Brightmail Scanner for the Brightmail Filter," on having access to messages in the Sendmail directory and build a new version of message bodies may undermine Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam's effectiveness.
NOTE: Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam's ability to identify spam accurately depends on page 33. Otherwise, follow the steps below to add the necessary lines to the build configuration ... you see "Configuring Sendmail for Sendmail over a secure connection. Enable Sendmail External Filtering Your Sendmail installation must be configured to allow outbound connections. Installing Brightmail Scanner for the Brightmail Filter," on having access to messages in the Sendmail directory and build a new version of message bodies may undermine Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam's effectiveness.