Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance C680 User Guide

 

provides an introduction to the Cisco IronPort appliance and defines its key 
features and role in the enterprise network. New features of the current release are 
described. 

 introduces Cisco IronPort AsyncOS for Email and 

discusses administration of the Cisco IronPort appliance through its GUI and CLI. 
Conventions for using the CLI are described. This chapter also contains an 
overview of general purpose CLI commands. 

 describes the options for connecting to the 

Cisco IronPort appliance, including network planning, and initial system setup 
and configuration of the appliance. 

 provides an overview of the email 

pipeline — the flow that email follows as it is processed by the Cisco IronPort 
appliance — and brief descriptions of the features that comprise the pipeline. The 
descriptions include cross-references to the sections containing detailed 
explanations of the features.

 describes the process of 

configuring the appliance as an email gateway. This chapter introduces the 
concepts of interfaces, listeners, and the Host Access Table (HAT) — which 
support incoming email traffic and the Mail Flow Monitor. 

 describes Email Security Manager, the 

single, comprehensive dashboard to manage all email security services and 
applications on Cisco IronPort appliances. Email Security Manager allows you to 
manage the Outbreak Filters feature, Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus, and email content 
policies — on a per-recipient or per-sender basis, through distinct inbound and 
outbound policies. 

 provides an overview of how SenderBase 

Reputation Service scores are used to control incoming mail based on the 
reputation of the message sender.

 describes the unique approach to fighting spam with the 

SenderBase Reputation Filters, IronPort Anti-Spam, and IronPort Intelligent 
Multi-Scan features integrated into the Cisco IronPort appliance. 

 explains the Sophos and McAfee Anti-Virus scanning 

features integrated into the Cisco IronPort appliance.