GFI MailSecuriti Suite, 250-499u, 2Y, SMA RNW User Manuals

Table of Contents

• 1 Introduction

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  • 1.1 Introduction to GFI MailSecurity

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  • 1.2 Using this manual

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    • 1.2.1 Administration and Configuration Manual

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    • 1.2.2 Manual structure

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  • 1.3 Terms and conventions used in this manual

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• 2 About GFI MailSecurity

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  • 2.1 GFI MailSecurity components

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    • GFI MailSecurity scan engine

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    • GFI MailSecurity web interface

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    • GFI MailSecurity Switchboard

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  • 2.2 How GFI MailSecurity works

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    • 2.2.1 Incoming email

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    • 2.2.2 Outgoing email

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    • 2.2.3 Other features

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  • 2.3 Licensing

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• 3 Typical deployment scenarios

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  • 3.1.1 Installing GFI MailSecurity on your mail server

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  • 3.1.2 Installing GFI MailSecurity on a mail relay server

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  • 3.1.3 Installing GFI MailSecurity in front of your firewall

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  • 3.2 Which installation mode should I use?

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    • 3.2.1 Active Directory mode

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    • 3.2.2 SMTP mode

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• 4 System requirements

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  • 4.1 Hardware requirements

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  • 4.2 Software requirements

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    • 4.2.1 Supported Operating Systems

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    • 4.2.2 Supported Mail Servers

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    • 4.2.3 Other required components

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    • 4.2.4 Important notes

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    • 4.2.5 Other installation notes

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• 5 Pre-install actions

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  • 5.1 Installing on your mail server

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  • 5.2 Installing on an IIS mail relay server

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    • 5.2.1 Step 1: Install the IIS SMTP service

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      • Windows Server 2003

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      • Windows Server 2008

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    • 5.2.2 Step 2: Specify mail relay server name and IP address

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    • 5.2.3 Step 3: Configure the SMTP service to relay mail to your mail server

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    • 5.2.4 Step 4: Configure the domain to relay email to your mail server

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    • 5.2.5 Step 5: Secure your mail relay server

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    • 5.2.6 Step 6: Configure your mail server to relay email via the Gateway server

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    • 5.2.7 Step 7: Modify the MX record of your domain to point to the mail relay server

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    • 5.2.8 Step 8: Test your new mail relay server

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• 6 New installations

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  • 6.1 GFI MailSecurity Post-Installation Wizard

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• 7 Upgrade from earlier versions

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  • 7.1 Upgrading from GFI MailSecurity 8 or earlier

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  • 7.2 Upgrading from GFI MailSecurity 9 or later

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    • 7.2.1 Upgrade procedure

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  • 7.3 Upgrading the Quarantine

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    • 7.3.1 Using the Quarantine upgrade tool

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• 8 Post-install actions

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  • 8.1 Add GFI MailSecurity to the Windows DEP Exception List

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  • 8.2 Securing access to the GFI MailSecurity configuration/quarantine

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    • 8.2.1 Local access only

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    • 8.2.2 Local and remote access

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  • 8.3 Securing access to the GFI MailSecurity Quarantine RSS feeds

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  • 8.4 Configuring virtual directory names

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• 9 Accessing the GFI MailSecurity Configuration and Quarantine Store

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  • 9.1 Accessing the configuration from the GFI MailSecurity machine

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  • 9.2 Accessing the configuration from a remote machine

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    • 9.2.1 Accessing the configuration

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    • 9.2.2 Accessing the quarantine

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• 10 Testing your GFI MailSecurity system

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  • 10.1 Introduction

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  • 10.2 Step 1: Create a Content Filtering rule

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  • 10.3 Step 2: Send an inbound test email

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  • 10.4 Step 3: Send an outbound test email

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  • 10.5 Step 3: Confirm that test emails were blocked

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• 11 Uninstalling GFI MailSecurity

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  • 11.1 Introduction

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  • 11.2 Uninstall GFI MailSecurity

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  • 11.3 Uninstalling GFI MailSecurity from an Active/Passive Cluster

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• 12 Troubleshooting

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  • 12.1 Introduction

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  • 12.2 Knowledge Base

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  • 12.3 Web Forum

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  • 12.4 Common issues

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  • 12.5 Request technical support

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  • 12.6 Build notifications

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• 13 Appendix - Installing on a Microsoft Exchange 2003 cluster

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• 14 Glossary

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