HP Email Firewall Appliance manual Configuring Mail Security

32CHAPTER 3: CONFIGURING MAIL SECURITY

Select Mail Delivery ->Anti-Virusfrom the menu to enable and configure virus scanning.

■Enable virus scanning — Select the check box to enable virus scanning.

■Quarantine unopenable attachments —This option is enabled by default to quarantine attachments that are password-protected and flag them in the logs as "suspicious". This feature prevents password-protected zip files that contain viruses or worms from being passed through the system.

This option will only take effect if the Anti-Virus action is set to

Quarantine Mail.

■Action — Configure the action for both inbound and outbound mail. Possible actions include:

■Just log: Log the event and take no further action.

■Reject mail: The message is rejected with notification to the sending system.

■Quarantine mail: The message is placed into quarantine.

■Discard mail: The message is discarded without notification to the sending system.

You can view and manage the quarantine area by selecting System Mgmt -> Quarantine from the menu. See “Quarantine” on page 105 for more information on the Quarantine area.