Accessing the GFI MailSecurity Configuration and Quarantine Store

This section will show you how to access the GFI MailSecurity Configuration and Quarantine Store from the local machine or a remote machine.

Accessing the configuration from the GFI MailSecurity machine

To access the GFI MailSecurity configuration or quarantine store from the same machine where GFI MailSecurity is installed, i.e. locally, follow these steps:

1. Click on the GFI MailSecurity shortcut found under Start } Programs } GFI MailSecurity.

2. If you have configured GFI MailSecurity to be accessible only locally, via the GFI MailSecurity SwitchBoard application, a viewer application will automatically load up displaying the GFI MailSecurity configuration and quarantine store.

Screenshot 18 - GFI MailSecurity accessed when set to local only access

Accessing the configuration from a remote machine

To access the GFI MailSecurity configuration or quarantine store from a remote machine, follow these steps:

1. Load Microsoft Internet Explorer.

2. In the address bar specify the following address:

`http://<machine name>/<virtual directory name>' to access the configuration or `http://<machine name>/<virtual directory name>/quarantine' to access the quarantine store directly.

For example:

`http://win2k3entsvr.master-domain.com/mailsecurity' for the configuration or `http://win2k3entsvr.master-domain.com/mailsecurity/quarantine' for the quarantine store.

3. You will be prompted to specify a user name and password so as to authenticate and determine whether you have access to the page requested. If the account specified has access, the GFI MailSecurity configuration or quarantine store will be displayed.

Screenshot 19 - GFI MailSecurity accessed from a remote machine