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Chapter 4 Quarantines
Configuring the Cisco IronPort Spam Quarantines Feature
IMAP/POP Authentication
The authentication process for IMAP/POP works like this:
Step 1
Depending on your mail server configuration, a user enters their username (
joe
) or email address
(
joe@example.com
) and password into the web UI login page. You can modify the Login Page Message
to tell your users whether they should enter a full email address or just their username (see
Step 2
The Cisco IronPort Spam quarantine connects to the IMAP or POP server and uses the entered login
(either username or email address) and password to try to log into the IMAP/POP server. If the password
is accepted then the user is considered authenticated and the Cisco IronPort Spam quarantine
immediately logs out of the IMAP/POP server.
(either username or email address) and password to try to log into the IMAP/POP server. If the password
is accepted then the user is considered authenticated and the Cisco IronPort Spam quarantine
immediately logs out of the IMAP/POP server.
Step 3
Once the user is authenticated, the Cisco IronPort Spam Quarantine lists email for the user, based on the
email address:
email address:
–
If you have configured the Cisco IronPort Spam quarantine to specify a domain to append to
bare usernames (like
bare usernames (like
joe
), then this domain is appended and that fully qualified email address
is used to search for matching envelopes in the quarantine.
–
Otherwise, the Cisco IronPort Spam quarantine uses the entered email address to search for
matching envelopes.
matching envelopes.
Determining the URL for Logging in to the Cisco IronPort Spam Quarantine
The URL end users can use to access the Cisco IronPort Spam quarantine directly is formed from the
hostname of the machine and the settings (HTTP/S and port numbers) configured on the IP interface on
which the quarantine has been enabled. For example,
hostname of the machine and the settings (HTTP/S and port numbers) configured on the IP interface on
which the quarantine has been enabled. For example,
HTTP://mail3.example.com:82
Example Configurations
Example POP/IMAP Configurations:
On IMAP and POP (single domain):
•
Enter the server name.
•
Enable SSL if you have configured your server to use it.
•
Enable “Append Domain to Unqualified Usernames” and set this to the domain of the envelope for
users logging in.
users logging in.
For more information about IMAP, see the University of Washington website:
http://www.washington.edu/imap/
Testing Notifications
You can test notifications by configuring a testing mail policy in the Email Security Manager, and have
spam quarantined for just a single user. Then, configure the Cisco IronPort Spam Quarantine notification
settings: check the “Enable Spam Notification” checkbox and do not check “Enable End-User
Quarantine Access” checkbox. Then only the administrator configured in the “Deliver Bounced
Messages To” field is notified of new spam in the quarantine.
spam quarantined for just a single user. Then, configure the Cisco IronPort Spam Quarantine notification
settings: check the “Enable Spam Notification” checkbox and do not check “Enable End-User
Quarantine Access” checkbox. Then only the administrator configured in the “Deliver Bounced
Messages To” field is notified of new spam in the quarantine.