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Tab descriptions
DescriptionTab
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.
For threat detections:Actions
• 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.
NOTE: This tab is available only for On-Delivery Email Scanning.Notes Scanner Settings
Configure Lotus Notes specific settings.
• Scan all server databases.
• Scan server mailboxes in the specified mailbox root folder.
• Notes applications to ignore.
Scanning Email On-Delivery and On-Demand
Configuring email scan properties
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i40