10CHAPTER 1: PRE-INSTALLATION TASKS

After obtaining a username and password, login to 3Com eSupport and follow the instructions to register your 3Com Email Firewall with the License Key that came with your system.

Copy your License Key down on the included Configuration Worksheet.

You will enter this key during the licensing process.

Deploying the 3Com The 3Com Email Firewall is designed to be situated between your mail

Email Firewall servers and the Internet so that there are no direct SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) connections between external and internal servers.

The 3Com Email Firewall is installed behind the existing firewall on the

Internal network.

Inbound mail will be forwarded from the Firewall or Router to the 3Com Email Firewall where it will be scanned, processed, and then sent to your internal mail server for delivery.

Outbound mail will be sent from your internal mail server to the 3Com Email Firewall to be scanned, processed, and then delivered to the destination SMTP server on the Internet.