What You Can Do With Symantec Mail Security For Smtp; Filter Email Messages - Symantec 11105111 - SYM MAIL SEC SMTP 5.0 SMS PORT MEDIA CD EN User Manual

18 Introducing Symantec Mail Security for SMTP

What you can do with Symantec Mail Security for SMTP

What you can do with Symantec Mail Security for
SMTP

Filter email messages

Symantec Mail Security for SMTP handles messages and attachments according
to your antivirus, antispam, and content filtering policies. You set your policies
through the Symantec Mail Security for SMTP administrative interface, from
either the physical server on which the software is installed or from any
workstation on the network.
See "Setting your antivirus policy"
See "Setting your antispam policy"
See "Setting your filtering policy"
You can configure Symantec Mail Security for SMTP so that users on the
network become aware of its operation only if a virus or content violation is
detected. You can also configure Symantec Mail Security for SMTP to send
alerts to administrators in the case of system events, and send notifications to
administrators and senders when there is virus activity.
See "Configuring alerts"
Your filtering policy is determined by how you configure Symantec Mail
Security for SMTP to filter messages. You can specify which criteria to use to
filter messages and attachments and how those filtered messages and
attachments should be handled.
See "Setting your filtering policy"
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP can be configured to filter messages based on
the following:
Message size
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Subject line
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File name
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Container limits
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Encrypted container
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Characters in email addresses
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Content rules
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