Overview
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a protocol used to distribute frequently updatable content or feeds (for example, news items) with its subscribers. An RSS Feed Reader is required by subscribers to view RSS feeds. RSS feeds usually include a summary of the content and a link to view the full article.
Reference Information
To facilitate the monitoring of quarantined emails, RSS feeds can be used. The GFI MailEssentials Quarantine RSS feed displays quarantined emails for review and enables users to approve or delete quarantined emails.
NOTE
GFI MailEssentials Quarantine RSS feeds can be used on most RSS Feed Readers.
The following are some freely available RSS feed readers which are known to support authentication and have been tested out with the GFI MailSecurity Quarantine RSS Feeds:
- RSSOwl, available from http://www.rssowl.org
- RSS Bandit, available from www.rssbandit.org
- RssReader, available from www.rssreader.com
Enabling Quarantine RSS Feeds
1. Navigate to GFI MailEssentials > Quarantine > Quarantine RSS Feeds.
2. Select the Enable Quarantine RSS Feeds checkbox.
3. From the RSS Feeds area, click Edit to the right of the quarantine search folder for which to enable RSS feeds.
4. Select Enable Quarantine RSS feeds on this folder checkbox.
5. Specify the refresh interval in minutes in the Refresh feed content every text box. The default value is 10 minutes.
6. Specify the maximum number of items you want the feed to include in the Feed should contain at most text box. The default value is 100 items.
NOTE
You can change the URL of an RSS feed by clicking Reset Feed URL. To change the URL of all enabled RSS feeds, click Edit to the right of the OPML entry and click Reset all the URLs. When changing URLs, ensure to update all present subscriptions accordingly.
Reset feed url should be done in case of unauthorized access
7. Click Apply.
Subscribing to Quarantine RSS feeds
Subscribing to all enabled Quarantine RSS feeds
1. Navigate to GFI MailEssentials > Quarantine >Quarantine RSS Feeds.
2. In the RSS Feeds area, right-click on 
icon and choose to copy the link URL. (actual option depends on browser used)
3. Use the copied URL in your RSS Feed Reader application to create a new RSS feed subscription.
Subscribing to a search folder Quarantine RSS feed
To subscribe to an RSS feed of a default or custom search folder:
1. Navigate to GFI MailEssentials > Quarantine >Quarantine RSS Feeds.
2. In the RSS Feeds area, right-click on 
icon next to the search folder to subscribe to and choose to copy the link URL. (option depends on browser used)
3. Use the copied URL in your RSS Feed Reader application to create a new RSS feed subscription.
Securing access to the GFI MailEssentials Quarantine RSS feeds
Configure who can subscribe to the quarantine RSS feeds from the Access Control node in GFI MailEssentials Configuration. For more information refer to Access Control.
Priyanka Bhotika
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