Configuring email scan properties

Tab descriptions

To access the On-Delivery Email Scan properties:

  • From the ePolicy Orchestrator console, go to Systems | Policy Catalog and select VirusScan Enterprise 8.7.0 in the Product list and On-Delivery Email Scanner Policies in the Category list.

  • From the VirusScan Console, open the On-Delivery Email Scanner properties.

To access the On-Demand Email Scan properties:


  • From Microsoft Outlook, select Tools | E-mail Scan Properties.

Configure the options on each tab. For option descriptions, click ? or Help on each tab.

Tab Description
Scan Items
  • Specify which messages and attachments to scan.
  • Scan for potential threats that resemble malware.
  • Scan for unknown macro viruses.
  • Find attachments with multiple extensions.
  • Scan inside archives and decode MIME encoded files.
  • Enable the email scanner to scan for unwanted programs.
  • Scan email message bodies.
  • Configure the sensitivity level for heuristic network check for suspicious files.
    Note: This option is available only for On-Delivery Email Scanning.
Actions
For threat detections:
  • Primary action to take when a threat is detected.
  • Secondary action to take if the first action fails.
For unwanted program detections:
  • Primary action to take when an unwanted program is detected.
  • Secondary action to take if the first action fails.

For allowed actions in the prompt dialog box, select the action.
Alerts
  • Notify another user when a threatened email message is detected.
  • Specify the message that displays to the user when prompting for action.
Reports
  • Enable activity logging.
  • Specify the log file name and location.
  • Specify the log file size limit.
  • Select the log file format.
  • Specify what to log besides scanning activity.
Notes Scanner Settings
Note: This tab is available only for On-Delivery Email Scanning.

Configure Lotus Notes specific settings.


  • Scan all server databases.
  • Scan server mailboxes in the specified mailbox root folder.
  • Notes applications to ignore.