Installation instructions

GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP Contents  i
Contents
About GFI MailSecurity 1
Introduction to GFI MailSecurity ..................................................................................... 1
Key features of GFI MailSecurity ................................................................................... 1
Virus checking using multiple virus engines ........................................................ 1
Email attachment checking/filtering ..................................................................... 1
Trojan and Executable Scanner ........................................................................... 2
HTML Sanitizer..................................................................................................... 2
Decompression filter ............................................................................................ 2
GFI MailSecurity components ........................................................................................ 2
GFI MailSecurity from a user's perspective ................................................................... 3
Add-ons – GFI MailEssentials ........................................................................................ 3
Installing GFI MailSecurity 5
Introduction .................................................................................................................... 5
Typical deployment scenarios ........................................................................................ 5
Installing GFI MailSecurity on your mail server .................................................... 5
Installing GFI MailSecurity on a mail relay server ................................................ 6
Installing GFI MailSecurity in front of your firewall ............................................... 7
Installing GFI MailSecurity on an Active/Passive Cluster .................................... 7
Installing GFI MailSecurity on an Active/Active Cluster ....................................... 9
Which installation mode should I use?........................................................................... 9
Active Directory mode .......................................................................................... 9
SMTP mode ......................................................................................................... 9
System requirements ................................................................................................... 10
Hardware requirements ............................................................................................... 10
Preparing to install GFI MailSecurity on an IIS mail relay server ................................ 11
Step 1: Verify installation of IIS SMTP and WWW services .............................. 11
Step 2: Specify mail relay server name and assign an IP ................................. 11
Step 3: Configure the SMTP service to relay mail to your mail
server ................................................................................................................. 12
Step 4: Secure your mail relay server ................................................................ 14
Step 5: Configure your mail server to relay email via the
Gateway server .................................................................................................. 16
Step 6: The MX record of your domain must point to the mail
relay server ......................................................................................................... 17
Step 7: Test your new mail relay server ............................................................. 18
Step 8: Install GFI MailSecurity on the mail relay server ................................... 18
Preparing to install GFI MailSecurity on your mail server ............................................ 18
Installing GFI MailSecurity ........................................................................................... 18
GFI MailSecurity Post-Installation Wizard.................................................................... 23
Adding GFI MailSecurity to the Windows DEP Exception List..................................... 26
Securing access to the GFI MailSecurity configuration/quarantine ............................. 27
Adding local host to the trusted sites list ............................................................ 30
Securing access to the GFI MailSecurity Quarantine RSS feeds ................................ 31
Accessing the GFI MailSecurity Configuration and Quarantine Store ......................... 33
Accessing the configuration from the GFI MailSecurity machine ...................... 33
Accessing the configuration from a remote machine ......................................... 34
Entering your license key after installation .................................................................. 35
Upgrading from GFI MailSecurity 8 to GFI MailSecurity 10 ......................................... 36
Upgrading from GFI MailSecurity 9 to GFI MailSecurity 10 ......................................... 38