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Email: Selected antivirus action

Medium

Explanation

Enforce malware protection for incoming and outgoing emails.

Resolution

  1. Go to PROTECT > Email > General settings.
  2. Ensure that SMTP deployment mode is set to Mail Transfer Agent (MTA).

Note

You are at the MTA mode if you are seeing the Switch to legacy mode button. The legacy mode is not compatible with Sandstorm for Email.

  1. Go to PROTECT > Email > Policies and exceptions.
  2. Open or create your SMTP route & scan policy.

  3. Turn on Malware protection and set the following:

    • Drop for the antivirus action
    • Notify sender
    • Quarantine unscannable content
    • 10MB for the scanned file size of Detect zero-day threats with Sandstorm

  4. Click Save.