McAfee Security for Microsoft Exchange 8.6.0
Scanning outbound emails
Step-by-step information on what happens to an email that goes out of the organization and how MSME scans it, to determine if the email is clean or infected.
Task
1 | The end-user sends an email to an external user, using the email client. | ||||||||||||
2 | Exchange store receives the email and scans it in the Outbox folder. | ||||||||||||
3 | If there is detection, it is replaced or deleted as per the product configuration and if replaced it is submitted to Transport queue. | ||||||||||||
4 | SMTP stack hosted by EdgeTransport.exe on Hub / MBX roles, receives the email. | ||||||||||||
5 | MSME Transport Agent (McAfeeTxRoutingAgent) scans the email for File filtering, Content scanning, Anti-Virus scanning, URL reputation, and also disclaimer addition. | ||||||||||||
6 | If there is detection, it is dropped or replaced and appropriately returned to the SMTP stack. | ||||||||||||
7 | If the email is clean, it is returned to SMTP stack for further routing. | ||||||||||||
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If the email is routed to Edge server role from this Hub server, then:
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9 | Now the email is returned to SMTP stack, hosted by EdgeTransport.exe on Edge server role for further routing. |