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ProSecure Web/Email Security Threat Management (STM) Appliance Reference Manual
Using the Setup Wizard to Provision the STM in Your Network 2-15
v1.0, September 2009
Table 2-3. Setup Wizard Step 4: Email Security Settings
Setting Description (or Subfield and Description)
Services to Scan
SMTP SMTP scanning is enabled by default on standard
service port 25.
To disable any of these services, deselect
the corresponding checkbox. You can
change the standard service port or add
another port in the corresponding Ports to
Scan field.
POP3 POP3 scanning is enabled by default on standard
service port 110.
IMAP IMAP scanning is enabled by default on standard
service port 143.
Scan Action
SMTP From the SMTP pull-down menu, specify one of the following actions when an infected e-mail is
detected:
• Quarantine attachment. The e-mail is not blocked, but the attachment is removed and
placed in the malware quarantine for further research. In addition, a malware quarantine log
entry is created, and depending on the nature of the malware threat, also a virus log entry or
a spyware log entry.
• Delete attachment. The e-mail is not blocked, but the attachment is deleted, and a virus log
entry or a spyware log entry is created.
• Block infected email. This is the default setting. The e-mail is blocked, and a virus log entry
or a spyware log entry is created.
• Quarantine infected email. The e-mail is placed in the malware quarantine for further
research. In addition, a malware quarantine log entry is created, and depending on the nature
of the malware threat, also a virus log entry or a spyware log entry.
• Log only. Only a virus log entry or a spyware log entry is created. The e-mail is not blocked
and the attachment is not deleted.
POP3 From the POP3 pull-down menu, specify one of the following actions when an infected e-mail is
detected:
• Quarantine attachment. The e-mail is not blocked, but the attachment is removed and
placed in the malware quarantine for further research. In addition, a malware quarantine log
entry is created, and depending on the nature of the malware threat, also a virus log entry or
a spyware log entry.
• Delete attachment. This is the default setting. The e-mail is not blocked, but the attachment
is deleted, and a virus log entry or a spyware log entry is created.
• Log only. Only a virus log entry or a spyware log entry is created. The e-mail is not blocked
and the attachment is not deleted.