Kaspersky Lab kaspersky mail gateway 5.5 Mode D'Emploi
CHAPTER 5. ANTI-VIRUS
PROTECTION AND SPAM
FILTRATION
FILTRATION
Using Kaspersky Mail Gateway, you can arrange anti-virus protection and spam
filtering for email traffic transferred through the mail server of your organization.
The anti-virus protection and spam filtering system is based on the performance
of tasks that represent major functionality of the application.
The tasks implemented by Kaspersky Mail Gateway may be divided into three
major groups:
filtering for email traffic transferred through the mail server of your organization.
The anti-virus protection and spam filtering system is based on the performance
of tasks that represent major functionality of the application.
The tasks implemented by Kaspersky Mail Gateway may be divided into three
major groups:
1. Updates of the content filtration and anti-virus databases used for
spam filtering, anti-virus scanning and disinfection of objects.
2. Spam
filtering.
3. Anti-virus protection of email traffic.
Each of the above groups includes more specific tasks. In this chapter, we will
discuss the most typical tasks that the administrator can combine and enhance
depending on the needs of his/her organization.
discuss the most typical tasks that the administrator can combine and enhance
depending on the needs of his/her organization.
In order to perform tasks described further some changes should be
introduced into the configuration file of the application. You will have to
restart the application to apply the modifications.
introduced into the configuration file of the application. You will have to
restart the application to apply the modifications.
This guide contains a description of how to locally configure and start tasks from
the command line. Issues related to starting and managing tasks from remote
computers using the Webmin application are not discussed in this document.
the command line. Issues related to starting and managing tasks from remote
computers using the Webmin application are not discussed in this document.
In all examples below, it is assumed that the administrator has
completed all required post-installation tasks and the application
operates correctly.
completed all required post-installation tasks and the application
operates correctly.
5.1. Updating the anti-virus and
content filtration databases
Kaspersky Mail Gateway uses the anti-virus and content filtration databases
while processing email traffic.
while processing email traffic.