McAfee Security for Microsoft Exchange 8.6.0

Configure scanner control settings

Configure settings in a policy that defines the nesting level, expanded file size, and maximum scan time that is allowed, when an email is scanned.

Task
1 From Policy Manager, select a submenu item that has the scanner.
The policy page for the submenu item appears.
2 Click Master policy or any subpolicy you want to configure, then click List All Scanners tab.
3 Click Scanner Control.
If you add a new filter to the policy, you can specify a time slot when to enable the filter, using What time would you like this to apply drop-down list.
4 In Options, click <create new set of options>.
5 In Instance name, type a unique name for the scanner control filter setting instance. This field is mandatory.
6 In Maximum nesting level, specify the level to which the scanner should scan, when an attachment contains compressed files, and other compressed files within. You can specify a value from 2–100, where the default value is 10.
7 In Maximum expanded file size (MB), specify the maximum size allowed for a file when it is expanded for scanning. You can specify a value from 1–2047, where the default value is 10.
8 In Maximum scan time (minutes), specify the maximum time allowed to scan any file. You can specify a value from 1–999, where the default value is 1.
9 Click Save to return to the policy page.
10 In Alert selection, you can select which alert to use when a scanner control option is triggered. You can use:
Create — To create a new alert message for this policy.
View/Hide — To display or hide the alert text. If the text is hidden, clicking this link displays it. If the text is displayed, clicking this link hides it.
11 In Actions, click Edit to specify the actions to take, if the value exceeds the specified settings for these options:
Maximum nesting level
Maximum expanded file size (MB)
Maximum scanning time (minutes)
12 Click Save to return to the policy page.
13 Click Apply to configure these settings to a policy.