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• Configuring Directory Harvesting

  Overview Directory harvesting attacks occur when spammers send emails to randomly generated email addresses and while some email addresses may match real users, the majority of these messages are inva...

• Configuring the Number of Incorrect Email Addresses Allowed by Directory Harvesting

  Overview Directory Harvesting blocks emails addressed to non-existent recipients in your organization. It blocks spam emails which are sent randomly to your domain. This article provides a step-by-ste...

• Directory Harvesting Actions Are Grayed out in the GFI MailEssentials Configuration

  Overview This article provides a resolution when Directory Harvesting Actions are grayed out in the GFI MailEssentials configuration. Environment GFI MailEssentials All supported environments Root Cau...

• Directory Harvesting Blocking Newly Added Domains

  Overview Directory Harvesting is blocking messages from newly added Inbound Email domains. The domains included in the General Settings are also correct. Environment GFI MailEssentials All supported e...

• Directory Harvesting Blocks Emails Sent to Secondary Lotus Domino Addresses

  Overview Directory Harvesting module blocks emails that are sent to secondary Lotus Domino email addresses. Environment GFI MailEssentials Lotus Domino Root Cause GFI MailEssentials needs to be config...

• Directory Harvesting blocks Public Folder replication emails

  Versions / Builds AffectedMailEssentials 2010 StatusResolved Problem SummaryDirectory Harvesting blocks public folder replication emails. TT / JIRAIDME-94 How to IdentifyMailEssentials Directory Harve...

• Directory Harvesting Failing in the Dashboard and Logs Show 'Failed to Be Processed: Directory Harvesting'

  Overview In the GFI MailEssentials dashboard, a number of emails encounter the error: Failed to be processed: Directory Harvesting In ase_dirharveest.gfi_log.txt, the following entries are present: in...

• Directory Harvesting Is Unable to Query Novell's eDirectory Through LDAP

  Overview Directory Harvesting is not able to query users in Novell's eDirectory environment. Environment GFI MailEssentials All supported environments Root Cause There are no mappings or incorrect map...

• Directory Harvesting Test always fails to find valid email address

  Versions / Builds Affected20.2 Problem SummaryDirectory Harvesting Test always fails to find valid email address TT / JIRAIDGFIME-1279 How to IdentifyTry invalid address - not found Try valid address ...

• Does the LDAP Directory Harvesting feature support using other LDAP fields?

  Answer When the LDAP Directory Harvesting feature is requested to check if an email address belongs to an internal user, it will construct a query filter string using the email address. By default onl...