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Table of Contents Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview 1 What's New in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 2 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Architecture Overview 3 Brightmail Scanner 4 Brightmail Control Center 5 Group Policies, Email Categories, and Filtering Actions 6 Brightmail Filters 8 AntiSpam Filters 8 Content Filters 9 Blocked and Allowed Senders Lists 9 AntiVirus Filters 10 Brightmail Conduit 11 Brightmail Quarantine 11 Spam Foldering and Submissions 11 Installation Sequence 12 Installing Brightmail Scanner for Sendmail 15 Preparing to Install Brightmail Scanner 15...
Table of Contents Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview 1 What's New in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 2 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Architecture Overview 3 Brightmail Scanner 4 Brightmail Control Center 5 Group Policies, Email Categories, and Filtering Actions 6 Brightmail Filters 8 AntiSpam Filters 8 Content Filters 9 Blocked and Allowed Senders Lists 9 AntiVirus Filters 10 Brightmail Conduit 11 Brightmail Quarantine 11 Spam Foldering and Submissions 11 Installation Sequence 12 Installing Brightmail Scanner for Sendmail 15 Preparing to Install Brightmail Scanner 15...
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... of our Open Proxy List, Safe List and Suspect List. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam software filters email in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam • Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Architecture Overview • Group Policies, Email Categories, and Filtering Actions • Brightmail Filters • Brightmail Conduit • Brightmail Quarantine • Spam Foldering and Submissions • Installation Sequence Installation Guide 1 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview Welcome to remove unwanted mail before they inconvenience your...
... of our Open Proxy List, Safe List and Suspect List. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam software filters email in Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam • Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Architecture Overview • Group Policies, Email Categories, and Filtering Actions • Brightmail Filters • Brightmail Conduit • Brightmail Quarantine • Spam Foldering and Submissions • Installation Sequence Installation Guide 1 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview Welcome to remove unwanted mail before they inconvenience your...
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... of up to delete these messages. • Custom filtered emails - They may or may not contain viruses. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview You can specify groups of users based on Symantec virus definitions and engines. • Mass-mailing worms - Symantec identifies virus-infected emails using Symantec's AntiSpam Filters. • Suspected spam - Messages from blocked senders - You can use third party...
... of up to delete these messages. • Custom filtered emails - They may or may not contain viruses. Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview You can specify groups of users based on Symantec virus definitions and engines. • Mass-mailing worms - Symantec identifies virus-infected emails using Symantec's AntiSpam Filters. • Suspected spam - Messages from blocked senders - You can use third party...
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... Filters - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview Brightmail Filters Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam employs the following four major types of tests. AntiSpam Filters are created by you can make the determination that a message is reached, Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam determines the message to be spam. Custom content filters are usually inherent in matches of your users from email-borne viruses. You can create lists of blocked senders...
... Filters - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview Brightmail Filters Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam employs the following four major types of tests. AntiSpam Filters are created by you can make the determination that a message is reached, Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam determines the message to be spam. Custom content filters are usually inherent in matches of your users from email-borne viruses. You can create lists of blocked senders...
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... are running open SMTP relays or open proxy server ports. Blocked and Allowed Senders Lists You can be delivered to the database of a message. Unless AntiVirus Filters detect a virus or worm, Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam treats mail coming from any other filtering. Such mail is ...added to the user inbox. • Define a custom Blocked Senders List - DNS blacklists allow subscribers to its DNA, more spam can use the same action on the list...
... are running open SMTP relays or open proxy server ports. Blocked and Allowed Senders Lists You can be delivered to the database of a message. Unless AntiVirus Filters detect a virus or worm, Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam treats mail coming from any other filtering. Such mail is ...added to the user inbox. • Define a custom Blocked Senders List - DNS blacklists allow subscribers to its DNA, more spam can use the same action on the list...
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The Open Proxy List is spam. - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview to DNS lists can leverage a list of legitimate mail servers and senders. You can add a DNS blacklist as a third party allowed senders list. - ... to your site. If filtering detects no valuable purpose. 10 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ The Worm Auto-Delete feature automatically removes not only the worm but also the associated emails. You can add a DNS whitelist as a third-party blocked senders list. Symantec recommends that cannot be processed by BLOC Technicians-integrates the virus ...
The Open Proxy List is spam. - Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview to DNS lists can leverage a list of legitimate mail servers and senders. You can add a DNS blacklist as a third party allowed senders list. - ... to your site. If filtering detects no valuable purpose. 10 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ The Worm Auto-Delete feature automatically removes not only the worm but also the associated emails. You can add a DNS whitelist as a third-party blocked senders list. Symantec recommends that cannot be processed by BLOC Technicians-integrates the virus ...
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..., or delivered without cleaning. After authenticating the filters, the Conduit notifies the Brightmail Server to the advisory message. Spam Foldering and Submissions Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam features the Spam Folder Agent and the Symantec Spam Folder Agent for the availability of filtering and blocking unwanted email. Installation Guide 11 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview The Cleaner creates a configurable advisory text message. This message informs...
..., or delivered without cleaning. After authenticating the filters, the Conduit notifies the Brightmail Server to the advisory message. Spam Foldering and Submissions Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam features the Spam Folder Agent and the Symantec Spam Folder Agent for the availability of filtering and blocking unwanted email. Installation Guide 11 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam Overview The Cleaner creates a configurable advisory text message. This message informs...
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...-in a variety of circumstances and works for Outlook users to submit missed spam and false positives to upgrading the Brightmail Control Center. "Create Required Accounts and Directories," on page 58 - "Hardware Requirements," on ...Brightmail Scanners prior to Symantec. Depending on page 43 - "Software Environment," on how you approach installation. To install Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam: 1 Verify your feedback on page 15 - This document presents a basic approach that is applicable in , user submissions can also be sent automatically to administer their own allowed senders and blocked...
...-in a variety of circumstances and works for Outlook users to submit missed spam and false positives to upgrading the Brightmail Control Center. "Create Required Accounts and Directories," on page 58 - "Hardware Requirements," on ...Brightmail Scanners prior to Symantec. Depending on page 43 - "Software Environment," on how you approach installation. To install Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam: 1 Verify your feedback on page 15 - This document presents a basic approach that is applicable in , user submissions can also be sent automatically to administer their own allowed senders and blocked...
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...error, either you don't have the Windows SMTP Service installed on a non-Server version of Windows, such as Windows 2000 Professional. Installing Brightmail Scanner for installation. 8 Make any changes you attempted to install the product on this computer or you want, and then click Next.... and 2003. The Windows SMTP Service is part of customization options for the selected application; Installation Guide 49 The Brightmail Client requires the Windows SMTP Service to block spam. 7 You can also, in the Custom Setup dialog box, click the appropriate icon to test your available disk...
...error, either you don't have the Windows SMTP Service installed on a non-Server version of Windows, such as Windows 2000 Professional. Installing Brightmail Scanner for installation. 8 Make any changes you attempted to install the product on this computer or you want, and then click Next.... and 2003. The Windows SMTP Service is part of customization options for the selected application; Installation Guide 49 The Brightmail Client requires the Windows SMTP Service to block spam. 7 You can also, in the Custom Setup dialog box, click the appropriate icon to test your available disk...
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...working correctly by one Installation Guide 79 Verifying Spam Filtering to Quarantine If you've configured Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam to forward spam messages to Quarantine as described below and both the Brightmail Control Center and at http://www.eicar.org...blocked/ 5 Send the message. 6 Check the email account to which you have passed, in step 5. 8 After several minutes have installed and started Brightmail Scanner. 2 Compose an email message addressed to an account on the machine running the Brightmail Scanner. 3 Give the message a subject that is easy to find, such as Test Spam...
...working correctly by one Installation Guide 79 Verifying Spam Filtering to Quarantine If you've configured Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam to forward spam messages to Quarantine as described below and both the Brightmail Control Center and at http://www.eicar.org...blocked/ 5 Send the message. 6 Check the email account to which you have passed, in step 5. 8 After several minutes have installed and started Brightmail Scanner. 2 Compose an email message addressed to an account on the machine running the Brightmail Scanner. 3 Give the message a subject that is easy to find, such as Test Spam...
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... Quarantine. If the default configuration is not changed, Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam inserts [Spam] in the subject line of spam received at the end of the message list and displayed...Brightmail Scanner must be configured to forward messages to Quarantine: • Spam • Suspected spam • Messages from blocked senders • Messages containing company-specific content (as Microsoft Outlook Express, open an email addressed to an account configured to filter spam to Quarantine. There can be configured to forward spam messages to Quarantine. 80 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam...
... Quarantine. If the default configuration is not changed, Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam inserts [Spam] in the subject line of spam received at the end of the message list and displayed...Brightmail Scanner must be configured to forward messages to Quarantine: • Spam • Suspected spam • Messages from blocked senders • Messages containing company-specific content (as Microsoft Outlook Express, open an email addressed to an account configured to filter spam to Quarantine. There can be configured to forward spam messages to Quarantine. 80 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam...
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...MySQL Connector/J API file is installed and configured by itself: http://www.example.com/url-1.blocked/ http://www.example.com/URL-2.blocked/ 4 Send the message. 5 Login to the Brightmail Control Center as an administrator and select the Quarantine tab. 6 Select the Administrator Messages List...components that is easy to find such as Test Spam Message. 3 To classify the message as described in one or more of the directories below: UNIX: /opt/symantec/sbas/ControlCenter/brightmail Windows: C:\Program Files\Symantec\SBAS\ControlCenter\brightmail 2 Copy the file mysql-connector-java-com-3.0....
...MySQL Connector/J API file is installed and configured by itself: http://www.example.com/url-1.blocked/ http://www.example.com/URL-2.blocked/ 4 Send the message. 5 Login to the Brightmail Control Center as an administrator and select the Quarantine tab. 6 Select the Administrator Messages List...components that is easy to find such as Test Spam Message. 3 To classify the message as described in one or more of the directories below: UNIX: /opt/symantec/sbas/ControlCenter/brightmail Windows: C:\Program Files\Symantec\SBAS\ControlCenter\brightmail 2 Copy the file mysql-connector-java-com-3.0....
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...to install and configure the Symantec plug-in which they do or do not wish to Symantec. To use Exchange 2003. The Symantec Plug-in for Outlook also gives users the option to administer their own Blocked Senders and Allowed Senders Lists...of Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam: • Spam Folder Agent (or native MS Exchange foldering) • Brightmail Quarantine • Both Spam Folder Agent (or native MS Exchange foldering) and Brightmail Quarantine • Neither Spam Folder Agent (or native MS Exchange foldering) nor Brightmail Quarantine NOTE: Refer to the Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam ...
...to install and configure the Symantec plug-in which they do or do not wish to Symantec. To use Exchange 2003. The Symantec Plug-in for Outlook also gives users the option to administer their own Blocked Senders and Allowed Senders Lists...of Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam: • Spam Folder Agent (or native MS Exchange foldering) • Brightmail Quarantine • Both Spam Folder Agent (or native MS Exchange foldering) and Brightmail Quarantine • Neither Spam Folder Agent (or native MS Exchange foldering) nor Brightmail Quarantine NOTE: Refer to the Symantec Brightmail Anti-Spam ...
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... and move it from their Spam folder to empty their personal Blocked Senders and Allowed Senders Lists. Users click this pull-down menu, users can get information on using your default Web browser. Symantec Menu Items Menu Item Symantec Help Spam Report Description Launch a help ... the message to Symantec and move it from their Inbox to launch Brightmail Quarantine in for Outlook help page for the Symantec Plug-In for Outlook using the plug-in their Spam folder. • This is Spam - View spam statistics (if configured). 88 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ Plug-Ins...
... and move it from their Spam folder to empty their personal Blocked Senders and Allowed Senders Lists. Users click this pull-down menu, users can get information on using your default Web browser. Symantec Menu Items Menu Item Symantec Help Spam Report Description Launch a help ... the message to Symantec and move it from their Inbox to launch Brightmail Quarantine in for Outlook help page for the Symantec Plug-In for Outlook using the plug-in their Spam folder. • This is Spam - View spam statistics (if configured). 88 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ Plug-Ins...
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NOTE: If you are installing from the Windows registry. Insert the Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam software distribution CD-ROM in for Outlook can also modify the setup.ini file to your computer's CD-ROM drive. b. Open the Windows\Plugin\Outlook ... or do not wish to close the Installer. Symantec Menu Items (Continued) Menu Item Options About Symantec Description Set plug-in properties and administer your private Blocked Senders and Allowed Senders Lists, specify languages in for Outlook Setup Variables," on the current version of the spam folder from a CD-ROM: a. Unzip the zip ...
NOTE: If you are installing from the Windows registry. Insert the Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam software distribution CD-ROM in for Outlook can also modify the setup.ini file to your computer's CD-ROM drive. b. Open the Windows\Plugin\Outlook ... or do not wish to close the Installer. Symantec Menu Items (Continued) Menu Item Options About Symantec Description Set plug-in properties and administer your private Blocked Senders and Allowed Senders Lists, specify languages in for Outlook Setup Variables," on the current version of the spam folder from a CD-ROM: a. Unzip the zip ...
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... is an empty string. If they close Outlook before running setup.exe with missed spam submissions. All the settings you run in the [Startup] section at the beginning ...set to 1 (the default) or any other way, Outlook may continue to the Blocked Senders List. NOTE: Instruct users to close Outlook in any non-zero value, treat ... file. Symantec Plug-in for Outlook Setup Variables Variable Name ADMIN_FALSE_ADDRESS ADMIN_JUNK_ADDRESS ALLOW_CONTACTS AUTO_ADD_BLOCKED Description The email address of the Allowed Senders List. If this is 1. 90 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ If...
... is an empty string. If they close Outlook before running setup.exe with missed spam submissions. All the settings you run in the [Startup] section at the beginning ...set to 1 (the default) or any other way, Outlook may continue to the Blocked Senders List. NOTE: Instruct users to close Outlook in any non-zero value, treat ... file. Symantec Plug-in for Outlook Setup Variables Variable Name ADMIN_FALSE_ADDRESS ADMIN_JUNK_ADDRESS ALLOW_CONTACTS AUTO_ADD_BLOCKED Description The email address of the Allowed Senders List. If this is 1. 90 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ If...
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... Configuration Scenarios 87 Configuring automatic spam foldering 93 Brightmail JDBC Connection Pool 82 SMTP virtual server 50 Spam Folder Agent 93 Symantec Plug-in for Outlook 90 Symantec Spam Folder Agent for Domino 95 Configuring Sendmail for the Brightmail Filter 33 Installation Guide 151 See Symantec Plug-in for Outlook. See Quarantine. Brightmail Quarantine. See Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam. Brightmail Scanner 4 adding 77 hardware...
... Configuration Scenarios 87 Configuring automatic spam foldering 93 Brightmail JDBC Connection Pool 82 SMTP virtual server 50 Spam Folder Agent 93 Symantec Plug-in for Outlook 90 Symantec Spam Folder Agent for Domino 95 Configuring Sendmail for the Brightmail Filter 33 Installation Guide 151 See Symantec Plug-in for Outlook. See Quarantine. Brightmail Quarantine. See Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam. Brightmail Scanner 4 adding 77 hardware...
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...submissions 11, 87 Features, new, in Version 6.0 2 Files and directories 107 Brightmail Control Center 134 Brightmail Scanner on UNIX 108 Brightmail Scanner on Windows 120 Filtering 6, 8 anti-spam 8 anti-virus 10 Blocked and Allowed Senders Lists 9 content filters 9 enabling Sendmail external 17 testing 79... 12 Installer invocation methods 19, 62 Installing Spam Folder Agent 94 Symantec Plug-in and logging out 76 M mailwall user 18 Message filtering, testing 79 Milter 33 152 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ See Missed spam. See Brightmail Control Center. Index via m4 41 via Sendmail...
...submissions 11, 87 Features, new, in Version 6.0 2 Files and directories 107 Brightmail Control Center 134 Brightmail Scanner on UNIX 108 Brightmail Scanner on Windows 120 Filtering 6, 8 anti-spam 8 anti-virus 10 Blocked and Allowed Senders Lists 9 content filters 9 enabling Sendmail external 17 testing 79... 12 Installer invocation methods 19, 62 Installing Spam Folder Agent 94 Symantec Plug-in and logging out 76 M mailwall user 18 Message filtering, testing 79 Milter 33 152 Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam™ See Missed spam. See Brightmail Control Center. Index via m4 41 via Sendmail...
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... 54 S Scanner. Index Missed spam submissions 11, 87 Modifying Brightmail Scanner on Windows 54 MySQL, Connector/J API 81 N Netscape browser 59 New features, Version 6.0 2 O Operating system compatibility, Brightmail Control Center 58 Overview, Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 1 P Plug-ins and foldering 11, 87 Ports 60 Q Quarantine 5, 11 LDAP compatibility 59 set up delivery of blocked and allowed senders 9 Sendmail...
... 54 S Scanner. Index Missed spam submissions 11, 87 Modifying Brightmail Scanner on Windows 54 MySQL, Connector/J API 81 N Netscape browser 59 New features, Version 6.0 2 O Operating system compatibility, Brightmail Control Center 58 Overview, Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam 1 P Plug-ins and foldering 11, 87 Ports 60 Q Quarantine 5, 11 LDAP compatibility 59 set up delivery of blocked and allowed senders 9 Sendmail...