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ProSecure Web/Email Security Threat Management (STM) Appliance
Action Settings
To configure the email antivirus action settings:
1. Select Email Security > Anti-Virus from the menu. The Anti-Virus submenu tabs
display with the Action screen in view:
Figure 52.
2. Make your selections from the drop-down lists as explained in the following table:
Table 26. Email Anti-Virus Action Settings
Setting Description
Action
SMTP From the SMTP drop-down list, specify one of the following actions to be taken when an
infected email is detected:
• Quarantine attachment. The email is not blocked, but the attachment is removed and
placed in the malware quarantine for further research. In addition, a malware quarantine
log entry is created, and depending on the nature of the malware threat, also a virus log
entry or a spyware log entry.
• Delete attachment. The email is not blocked, but the attachment is deleted, and a virus
log entry or a spyware log entry is created.
• Block infected email. This is the default setting. The email is blocked, and a virus log
entry or a spyware log entry is created.
• Quarantine infected email. The email is placed in the malware quarantine for further
research. In addition, a malware quarantine log entry is created, and depending on the
nature of the malware threat, also a virus log entry or a spyware log entry.
• Log only. Only a virus log entry or a spyware log entry is created. The email is not
blocked and the attachment is not deleted.