Table of Contents
About GFI MailSecurity
Introduction to GFI MailSecurity
Key features of GFI MailSecurity
Virus checking using multiple virus engines
Email attachment checking/filtering
Trojan Executable Scanner
Automated removal of HTML scripts
Decompression filter
GFI MailSecurity components
· GFI MailSecurity scan engine
· GFI MailSecurity configuration
GFI MailSecurity from a user's perspective
Add-ons - GFI MailEssentials
Installing GFI MailSecurity
Introduction
Installing GFI MailSecurity on your mail server
Installing GFI MailSecurity on a mail relay server
Installing GFI MailSecurity in front of your firewall
Installing GFI MailSecurity on an Active/Passive Cluster
Installing GFI MailSecurity 9 on an Active/Active Cluster
Which installation mode should I use?
Active Directory mode
SMTP mode
System requirements
Hardware requirements
Preparing to install GFI MailSecurity on a mail relay server
Step 1: Verify the Installation of the SMTP and World Wide Web Services
Step 2: Specify mail relay server name and assign an IP
Step 3: Configure the SMTP service to relay mail to your mail server
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT LOCAL DOMAINS
Configure the domain to relay email to your mail server:
Step 4: Secure your mail relay server
Step 5: Configure your mail server to relay email via the Gateway server
If you have Microsoft Exchange Server 4/5/5.5:
If you have Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003:
If you have Lotus Notes:
If you have an SMTP/POP3 mail server:
Step 6: Point the MX record of your domain to the mail relay server
Step 7: Test your new mail relay server
Preparing to install GFI MailSecurity on your mail server
Installing GFI MailSecurity
Adding GFI MailSecurity to the Windows DEP Exception List
Securing access to the GFI MailSecurity configuration
Adding local host to the trusted sites list
Accessing the GFI MailSecurity Configuration and Quarantine Store
Accessing the configuration from the GFI MailSecurity machine
Accessing the configuration from a remote machine
Entering your license key after installation
Upgrading from GFI MailSecurity 8 to GFI MailSecurity 9
General settings
Introduction to settings
Define the administrator's email address
Selecting an update server
Adding Local Domains
SMTP server bindings
Managing local users in SMTP mode
To add a new local user follow these steps:
To remove a local user follow these steps:
Configuring virus checking
Configuring Virus Scanning Engines
Kaspersky configuration
Kaspersky web site
BitDefender configuration
BitDefender website
McAfee configuration
McAfee website
Norman configuration
Norman website
Virus scanner actions
Virus scanner updates
Triggering the virus update manually
Setting the Virus Scanning Engines scan priority
Configuring Information Store Scanning
Configuring Attachment Checking
Introduction to Attachment Checking
Creating an Attachment Checking rule
Removing attachment rules
Make changes to an existing rule
Enabling/disabling rules
Changing the rule priority
Configuring Content Checking
Introduction to Content Checking
Creating a Content Checking rule
Remove content checking rules
Make changes to an existing content checking rule
Enabling/disabling rules
Changing the rule priority
Decompression engine
Introduction to the Decompression engine
Configuring the decompression engine filters
Check password protected archives
Check corrupted archives
Check for recursive archives
Check size of uncompressed files in archives
Check for amount of files in archives
Scan within archives
Configuring decompression filter actions
Enable/disable decompression tool filters
The Trojan & Executable Scanner
Introduction to the Trojan & Executable Scanner
What is a Trojan horse?
Difference between Trojans and viruses
How does the Trojan & Executable Scanner work?
Configuring the Trojan & Executable Scanner
Configuring the security level
Configuring actions
Trojan & Executable Scanner updates
Triggering the Trojan & Executable Scanner update manually
The Email Exploit Engine
Introduction to e-mail exploits
What is an exploit?
What is an e-mail exploit?
Difference between Anti-Virus software & Email Exploit Detection software
Configuring the Email Exploit Engine
Enable/Disable email exploits
Configuring the Email Exploit Engine properties
Email Exploit Engine updates
Triggering the Email Exploit Engine update manually
The HTML Threat Engine
Introduction to the HTML Threat Engine
Why defuse HTML scripts?
Configuring the HTML Threat Engine
Patch Checking
Introduction to Patch Checking
Downloading and installing software patches
Quarantine
Introduction to the email Quarantine Store
The Quarantine Store
Search Folders
Searching for specific emails in the Quarantine Store
Quick Search
Grouping quarantined emails in Search Folders
Changing Search Folder properties
Deleting Search Folders
Approving emails from the Quarantine Store
Deleting emails from the Quarantine Store
Rescanning emails from the Quarantine Store
Enable email approval via HTML approval forms
How to approve or delete quarantined emails via an email client
Quarantined mail from the user point of view
Reporting
Introduction to GFI MailSecurity Reporting
Configuring the statistical information database
Configuring an MS Access database backend
Configuring SQL Server database backend
Creating a database on the SQL Server
Realtime Monitor
About the Realtime Monitor
Monitoring email activity
Miscellaneous
Version Information
Additional Copyright Information
Advanced topics
Customizing the notification templates
Variables used in XSL-based notification templates
Notify user and notify manager notifications (in notifyuser folder and notifymanager folder respectively)
Troubleshooting
Introduction
Knowledgebase
Request support via email
Request support via web chat
Request support via phone
Web Forum
Build notifications
