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New features for Symantec Brightmail Antispam users
Category
Features
Expanded
Global reject or pause
administration
of message scanning
capabilities
Components of Symantec Mail Security for SMTP
Description
During a virus outbreak, you can temporarily pause scanning until
new virus filters are in place.
While the names of features are largely the same, you will find some changes to
the organization of menus. Most importantly, you will now find a Policies menu
at the top level, breaking out Group Policies (under the Settings menu in
Symantec Brightmail Antispam 6.0.3), and including other items as well. See the
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Administration Guide for an updated
explanation of how settings and policies interact.
Note: With this release, the default action for an Unscannable verdict, including
those due to malformed MIME content, has been changed from markup to
delete. This was done to to provide the strongest possible level of protection
against external threats. If desired, you can change this action on a per group
basis. You may want to change the default setting for unscannable messages if
you are concerned about losing important messages.
You can deploy Symantec Mail Security for SMTP in different configurations to
best suit the size of your network and your email processing needs.
Each Symantec Mail Security for SMTP host can be deployed in the following
ways:
Scanner – Deployed as a Scanner, a Symantec Mail Security for SMTP host
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filters email. Your installation can have one or many Scanners. Symantec
Mail Security for SMTP runs alongside your existing email or groupware
server.
Control Center – Deployed as a Control Center, a Symantec Mail Security for
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SMTP host is a Web-based configuration and administration center. Use it to
configure and manage email filtering, SMTP routing, system settings, and
all other functions. Your enterprise-wide deployment of Symantec Mail
Security for SMTP can have multiple Scanners but only one Control Center,
from which you configure and monitor all the Scanner hosts.
The Control Center provides status for all Symantec Mail Security for SMTP
hosts in your system, system logs, and extensive customizable reporting.
Use it to configure both system-wide and host-specific details.
Introducing Symantec Mail Security for SMTP
Components of Symantec Mail Security for SMTP
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