As you can see in the following screen capture, the GFI MailEssentials Quarantine node enables us to report on detected malware by specifying multiple criteria, including date range and recipient.Īs expected, we can manually approve or permanently delete items that have been captured to the MailEssentials quarantine. With such rich and robust anti-malware scanning capability, systems administrators need equally rich and robust tools for managing the quarantine. Moreover, the anti-spam module consists of the following subcomponents: In the EmailSecurity node, we can manage subscriptions and scan behavior of up to five different virus scanning engines: You will recall from part 1 of this review that a multi-engine scanning approach is the chief differentiator between GFI MailEssentials and its competition. This navigation structure is shown in the following exhibit: The main Dashboard interface is depicted in the following figure:īesides the Dashboard, which is intended to provide administrators with “at a glance” information concerning the status of GFI MailEssentials services and quarantine statistics, the left-hand navigation menu provides us with one-click access to all product components. The vast majority of GFI MailEssentials administration is performed from the Administration Web site, which can be started from the MailEssentials Configuration shortcut in your Start menu. Troubleshooter: A wizard that walks you through the creation of a GFI support incident.

Switchboard: A Windows Control Panel applet with which you can customize global service/application behaviors.

MailEssentials Configuration: A link to the MailEssentials administration Web site.

E-mail Management Tools: MMC console from which you can manage HTML disclaimers, auto-replies, and the like.

Anti Spam Synchronization Agent: MMC console from which you can synchronize anti-spam metadata among multiple servers.Administrator Guide: A link to a local copy of the product documentation.Configure IIS to allow the ASP.NET Web service extensionsĪfter installation, you will see several new shortcuts in your server’s Start menu.Install the IIS Web Server and SMTP server roles.

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