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...-wide and host-specific details. A single Symantec Mail Security for storage of Symantec Mail Security for SMTP can have one Control Center, from which you can configure the Spam Quarantine for administrator-only access. ■ Scanner and Control Center - Note: Symantec Mail Security for SMTP provides neither mailbox access for SMTP runs alongside your email or groupware server(s). ■ Control Center - it is...
...-wide and host-specific details. A single Symantec Mail Security for storage of Symantec Mail Security for SMTP can have one Control Center, from which you can configure the Spam Quarantine for administrator-only access. ■ Scanner and Control Center - Note: Symantec Mail Security for SMTP provides neither mailbox access for SMTP runs alongside your email or groupware server(s). ■ Control Center - it is...
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... policies servers Expanded variety of detailed information about a message, including the filtering processing applied to the new features listed in email being sent to look for third party archival tools Specify conditions that you create or edit. Introducing Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 11 Changes for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP users Table 1-1 New features for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP and Symantec Brightmail...
... policies servers Expanded variety of detailed information about a message, including the filtering processing applied to the new features listed in email being sent to look for third party archival tools Specify conditions that you create or edit. Introducing Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 11 Changes for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP users Table 1-1 New features for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP and Symantec Brightmail...
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...servers via the Control Center. Expanded administration capabilities Delegated administration Multiple administrator roles with or without Premium AntiSpam provides much more information. Create different notifications for SMTP users Category Features Description Flexible mail management Centralized, Web- 12 Introducing Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Changes for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP users Table 1-2 Table 1-1, additional new features for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP... of users. See the Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Administration Guide for more extensive...
...servers via the Control Center. Expanded administration capabilities Delegated administration Multiple administrator roles with or without Premium AntiSpam provides much more information. Create different notifications for SMTP users Category Features Description Flexible mail management Centralized, Web- 12 Introducing Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Changes for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP users Table 1-2 Table 1-1, additional new features for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP... of users. See the Symantec Mail Security for SMTP Administration Guide for more extensive...
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... 9, and Red Hat Linux ■ SunOne LDAP Server 5.2 , Patch 4 ■ Lotus Domino LDAP Server 6.5 ■ Exchange 5.5 ■ other filtering products In order for Symantec Mail Security for authentication. While the same source may also be used for synchronization purposes, no other LDAP directories may be used for SMTP's spam and Content Compliance filters to Spam Quarantine...
... 9, and Red Hat Linux ■ SunOne LDAP Server 5.2 , Patch 4 ■ Lotus Domino LDAP Server 6.5 ■ Exchange 5.5 ■ other filtering products In order for Symantec Mail Security for authentication. While the same source may also be used for synchronization purposes, no other LDAP directories may be used for SMTP's spam and Content Compliance filters to Spam Quarantine...
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... only one of the following: ■ Remove the previous MTA's MX record from DNS. ■ Block off the MTA from the old server to Symantec Mail Security for SMTP. ■ When naming Symantec Mail Security for SMTP should do one host name or IP address as a higherweighted MX record in addition to perform load balancing. Their default configuration performs...
... only one of the following: ■ Remove the previous MTA's MX record from DNS. ■ Block off the MTA from the old server to Symantec Mail Security for SMTP. ■ When naming Symantec Mail Security for SMTP should do one host name or IP address as a higherweighted MX record in addition to perform load balancing. Their default configuration performs...
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Symantec Mail Security for SMTP resides at the gateway, behind a firewall. Figure 2-1 Basic gateway deployment Advantages ■ Because spam emanates from the outside world, the gateway is the simplest deployment model. On all configured server computers, port 443 must be configured to permit outbound connections to Symantec to the user-facing mail server layer. Deployment models You can minimize...
Symantec Mail Security for SMTP resides at the gateway, behind a firewall. Figure 2-1 Basic gateway deployment Advantages ■ Because spam emanates from the outside world, the gateway is the simplest deployment model. On all configured server computers, port 443 must be configured to permit outbound connections to Symantec to the user-facing mail server layer. Deployment models You can minimize...
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Instead, they deploy gateway servers and internal mail servers on the same computers. ■ Symantec Mail Security for SMTP in the DMZ and a Control Center behind the first gateway layer. ■ Some smaller organizations do not have secure gateways with one or more Scanner hosts... your deployment 21 Deployment models Considerations ■ Some organizations prefer to have dedicated gateway servers or a gateway layer. The following figure shows Symantec Mail Security for SMTP cannot be implemented with no other services run behind a second firewall. In these environments...
Instead, they deploy gateway servers and internal mail servers on the same computers. ■ Symantec Mail Security for SMTP in the DMZ and a Control Center behind the first gateway layer. ■ Some smaller organizations do not have secure gateways with one or more Scanner hosts... your deployment 21 Deployment models Considerations ■ Some organizations prefer to have dedicated gateway servers or a gateway layer. The following figure shows Symantec Mail Security for SMTP cannot be implemented with no other services run behind a second firewall. In these environments...
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...). Table 4-2 Requirements for Windows Windows Platform Requirements Operating System ■ Windows 2000 Server (SP4) ■ Windows Server 2003 (SP1) ■ Windows Server 2003, Japanese version (SP1) Mail Server/ MTA ■ Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) ■ Windows SMTP service The MTA included with Symantec Mail Security for SMTP. 28 Understanding system requirements Hardware and software requirements Note: The recommended disk...
...). Table 4-2 Requirements for Windows Windows Platform Requirements Operating System ■ Windows 2000 Server (SP4) ■ Windows Server 2003 (SP1) ■ Windows Server 2003, Japanese version (SP1) Mail Server/ MTA ■ Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) ■ Windows SMTP service The MTA included with Symantec Mail Security for SMTP. 28 Understanding system requirements Hardware and software requirements Note: The recommended disk...
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...; Firefox 1.5 Foldering Support Spam Folder Agent: Exchange 5.5, Exchange 2000, or Exchange Server 2003 Symantec Spam Folder Agent for Domino: Lotus Domino 5, 6, or 6.5 Exchange foldering using Spam Confidence Level: Symantec Mail Security for SMTP must be installed on that computer. After installation: The subfolder where Symantec Mail Security for SMTP is installed and its subdirectories are acceptable after installation, and modify...
...; Firefox 1.5 Foldering Support Spam Folder Agent: Exchange 5.5, Exchange 2000, or Exchange Server 2003 Symantec Spam Folder Agent for Domino: Lotus Domino 5, 6, or 6.5 Exchange foldering using Spam Confidence Level: Symantec Mail Security for SMTP must be installed on that computer. After installation: The subfolder where Symantec Mail Security for SMTP is installed and its subdirectories are acceptable after installation, and modify...
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... 3.0 (Update 5) ■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 (Update 5) Browser A secure Web connection using su or sudo Accounts and directories Symantec Mail Security for SMTP software runs as user mailwall in the bmi group. It does not provide final mail delivery functions nor client access to existing email servers. tar program Because the tar file names exceed the...
... 3.0 (Update 5) ■ Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3.0 (Update 5) Browser A secure Web connection using su or sudo Accounts and directories Symantec Mail Security for SMTP software runs as user mailwall in the bmi group. It does not provide final mail delivery functions nor client access to existing email servers. tar program Because the tar file names exceed the...
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...The following tables list ports reserved for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP components and functions. Table 4-4 Reserved locally-bound ports Port 22 3306 11000 - 11004 11011 - 11013 41025 41000 Component or function Control Center to internal server connection MySQL database connection LDAP sync LDAP...389 3268 5001 8086 41002 41080 41443 Reserved external listening ports Component or function Control Center to FTP server connection Inbound mail SMTP connection LDAP server TCP/IP connection LDAP Global Catalog connection Relay Hub SESA agent Agent Tomcat HTTP Tomcat HTTPS connection ...
...The following tables list ports reserved for Symantec Mail Security for SMTP components and functions. Table 4-4 Reserved locally-bound ports Port 22 3306 11000 - 11004 11011 - 11013 41025 41000 Component or function Control Center to internal server connection MySQL database connection LDAP sync LDAP...389 3268 5001 8086 41002 41080 41443 Reserved external listening ports Component or function Control Center to FTP server connection Inbound mail SMTP connection LDAP server TCP/IP connection LDAP Global Catalog connection Relay Hub SESA agent Agent Tomcat HTTP Tomcat HTTPS connection ...
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...section provides guidelines regarding those factors, and suggestions that affect performance The performance of Symantec Mail Security for SMTP can be affected by the Control Center. The Control Center likely needs much higher ... of your email traffic rate warrants it. ■ RAM (speed and type) - MySQL is specified for computers running Symantec software: ■ Network - We recommend dual Intel Xeon processors if your organization's email that make -up the system ... Improve MySQL database performance by increasing the physical make up of CPUs per server.
...section provides guidelines regarding those factors, and suggestions that affect performance The performance of Symantec Mail Security for SMTP can be affected by the Control Center. The Control Center likely needs much higher ... of your email traffic rate warrants it. ■ RAM (speed and type) - MySQL is specified for computers running Symantec software: ■ Network - We recommend dual Intel Xeon processors if your organization's email that make -up the system ... Improve MySQL database performance by increasing the physical make up of CPUs per server.
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...by swelling disk queues with email destined for remote email servers which may not be configured to delivery. Filtering performance ... Service can impact performance. The characteristics of your Microsoft Windows documentation for more messages) for SMTP affect its performance. Larger queues on separate machines. ■ Microsoft Indexing Service - Key ...Factors that affect performance Environmental factors that affect performance The choices you make when configuring Symantec Mail Security for modification prior to work on disk result in the email traffic ■ Types ...
...by swelling disk queues with email destined for remote email servers which may not be configured to delivery. Filtering performance ... Service can impact performance. The characteristics of your Microsoft Windows documentation for more messages) for SMTP affect its performance. Larger queues on separate machines. ■ Microsoft Indexing Service - Key ...Factors that affect performance Environmental factors that affect performance The choices you make when configuring Symantec Mail Security for modification prior to work on disk result in the email traffic ■ Types ...
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... only. Note: This feature is used to the Symantec Mail Security for STMP Administration Guide. set logs to the Symantec Mail Security for SMTP components create audit events based on these numbers are using... a large number of Scanners - Following are troubleshooting. Note that these operations, refer to start and stop servers; view logs and reports; The higher the log levels, the more frequently. ■ Message Tracking - Through message tracking, Symantec Mail Security...
... only. Note: This feature is used to the Symantec Mail Security for STMP Administration Guide. set logs to the Symantec Mail Security for SMTP components create audit events based on these numbers are using... a large number of Scanners - Following are troubleshooting. Note that these operations, refer to start and stop servers; view logs and reports; The higher the log levels, the more frequently. ■ Message Tracking - Through message tracking, Symantec Mail Security...
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...Symantec recommends Spam Quarantine for the system. If this occurs, some legitimate mail messages may slow down, causing the Scanner's delivery MTA to end users results in more processing required. In cases where the Control Center host is stored on your LDAP server, and/or consider creating a LDAP server... of end users logging into Spam Quarantine - Ensure that you have adequate capacity on the Control Center, Spam Quarantine's SMTP server may be logged and stored for high volume email traffic. Understanding system requirements 35 Factors that affect performance Warning: A ...
...Symantec recommends Spam Quarantine for the system. If this occurs, some legitimate mail messages may slow down, causing the Scanner's delivery MTA to end users results in more processing required. In cases where the Control Center host is stored on your LDAP server, and/or consider creating a LDAP server... of end users logging into Spam Quarantine - Ensure that you have adequate capacity on the Control Center, Spam Quarantine's SMTP server may be logged and stored for high volume email traffic. Understanding system requirements 35 Factors that affect performance Warning: A ...
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...performance 33 F factors that affect performance 32 features 7 discontinued from Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 4.1 13 name changes 13 Symantec Brightmail Antispam, new or changed features from 13 Symantec Mail Security for SMTP, new or changed features 11 filtering intra-enterprise 18 performance considerations ...H hardware requirements 27, 28 help 15 how Symantec Mail Security appliances work 8 K key features 7 L LDAP compatibility 18 performance considerations 35 supported servers 18 load balancing 19 logs, performance impact 34 M mail flow 9 message filtering intra-enterprise 18 overview 25...
...performance 33 F factors that affect performance 32 features 7 discontinued from Symantec Mail Security for SMTP 4.1 13 name changes 13 Symantec Brightmail Antispam, new or changed features from 13 Symantec Mail Security for SMTP, new or changed features 11 filtering intra-enterprise 18 performance considerations ...H hardware requirements 27, 28 help 15 how Symantec Mail Security appliances work 8 K key features 7 L LDAP compatibility 18 performance considerations 35 supported servers 18 load balancing 19 logs, performance impact 34 M mail flow 9 message filtering intra-enterprise 18 overview 25...