ESET MAIL SECURITY User Manual

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ESET Mail Security
Table of contents
1. Introduction .........................................................................................3
2. Terminology and abbreviations..........................................................5
3. Installation .............................................................................................9
4. Product’s Roadmap ............................................................................11
5. Integration with E-mail Messaging System...................................15
5.1. Bi-directional e-mail messages scanning in MTA.............................17
5.2. Scanning of inbound e-mail messages. .............................................. 17
5.3. Scanning of outbound e-mail messages.............................................18
5.4. Scanning of e-mail messages being downloaded from POP3/
IMAP server.............................................................................................................18
5.5. Alternative methods of content ltering.............................................19
5.5.1. Scanning e-mail messages using AMaViS........................................19
6. Important ESET Mail Security mechanisms...................................21
6.1. Handle Object Policy ..................................................................................22
6.2. User Specic Conguration ..................................................................... 23
6.3. Black-list and white-list..............................................................................24
6.4. Anti-Spam Control ...................................................................................... 24
6.5. Samples Submission System ...................................................................25
6.6. World WideWeb Interface..........................................................................25
6.7. Remote Administration..............................................................................26
7. ESET Mail Security system update ..................................................27
7.1. ESETS update utility.................................................................................... 28
7.2. ESETS update process description ........................................................ 28
8. Let us know ..........................................................................................29
A. ESETS setup process description.....................................................31
A.1. Setting ESETS for MTA Postx..................................................................32
A.1.1. Inbound e-mail messages scanning..................................................32
A.1.2. Bi-directional e-mail messages scanning........................................32
A.2. Setting ESETS for MTA Sendmail ................... ........................................33
A.2.1. Inbound e-mail messages scanning..................................................33
A.2.2. Bi-directional e-mail messages scanning........................................34
A.3. Setting ESETS for MTA Qmail...................................................................34
A.3.1. Inbound e-mail messages scanning..................................................34
A.3.2. Bi-directional e-mail messages scanning........................................35
A.4. Setting ESETS for MTA Exim version 3..................................................35
A.4.1. Inbound e-mail messages scanning..................................................35
A.4.2. Bi-directional e-mail messages scanning........................................36
A.5. Setting ESETS for MTA Exim version 4..................................................36
A.5.1. Inbound e-mail messages scanning..................................................36
A.5.2. Bi-directional e-mail messages scanning........................................37
A.6. Setting ESETS for MTA ZMailer................................................................37
A.6.1. Inbound e-mail messages scanning..................................................37
A.6.2. Bi-directional e-mail messages scanning........................................37
A.7. Setting ESETS for outbound e-mail messages scanning...............37
A.8. Setting ESETS for scanning of POP3 communication.....................38
A.9. Setting ESETS for scanning of IMAP communication.....................39
B. PHP License ........................................................................................41
ESET Mail Security
Copyright © 2008 ESET, spol. s r.o.
ESET Mail Security was developed by
ESET, spol. s r.o. For more information
visit www.eset.com.
All rights reserved. No part of this
documentation may be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system or
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means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, scanning,
or otherwise without a permission in
writing from the author.ESET, spol. s
r.o. reserves the right to change any
of the described application software
without prior notice.This product
includes PHP software, freely available
from http://www.php.net/software/.
ESET Mail Security was developed in
co-operation with ProWeb Consulting.
For more information visit www.
pwc.sk.
REV.20080513-007

ESET MAIL SECURITY Specifications

General

Category	Email Security Software
Developer	ESET
Supported Platforms	Windows Server, Linux
Key Features	Anti-Phishing, Anti-Spam
Integration	Microsoft Exchange Server
Management	ESET Remote Administrator
Threat Detection	cloud-based
Reporting	Customizable reports