
ESET MAIL SECURITY
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REV. 10/10/2017
Contents
..................................................................41. Introduction to ESET Mail Security
.........................................................................................4Main functionality1.1
.........................................................................................4Key features of the system1.2
.........................................................................................5What's new1.3
..................................................................62. Terminology and abbreviations
..................................................................73. System requirements
..................................................................84. Installation
.........................................................................................9Upgrading to a more recent version4.1
.........................................................................................9Uninstall4.2
..................................................................105. Architecture Overview
..................................................................126. Integration with Email Messaging System
.........................................................................................13Bi-directional email message scanning in MTA6.1
.........................................................................................13Scanning of inbound email messages6.2
.........................................................................................13Scanning of outbound email messages6.3
.........................................................................................13
Scanning of email messages downloaded from
POP3/IMAP server
6.4
.........................................................................................14Alternative methods of content filtering6.5
.............................................................................14Sca nning ema il messages in CommuniGate Pro6.5.1
.............................................................................15Sca nning ema il messages using AMaViS6.5.2
.............................................................................16
Sca nning ema il messages using Novell
GroupWise
6.5.3
..................................................................177. Important ESET Mail Security mechanisms
.........................................................................................17Handle Object Policy7.1
.........................................................................................17User Specific Configuration7.2
.........................................................................................18Blacklist and Whitelist7.3
.........................................................................................18Anti-Spam control7.4
.............................................................................19Anti-Spam action parameters7.4.1
.........................................................................................19Samples Submission System7.5
.........................................................................................20Scheduler7.6
.........................................................................................20Web Interface7.7
.............................................................................21License ma nagement7.7.1
.............................................................................22SMTP+Postfix configuration exa mple7.7.2
.............................................................................23Scheduler7.7.3
.............................................................................24Statistics7.7.4
.........................................................................................24Remote Administration7.8
.............................................................................25Connecting with ESET Remote Administrator7.8.1
.............................................................................25
ESET Remote Administrator usa ge example (6.1
and later)
7.8.2
.............................................................................27ESET Remote Administrator usa ge example (5.x)7.8.3
.........................................................................................28Logging7.9
.........................................................................................29Command-line programs7.10
..................................................................308. ESET Security system update
.........................................................................................30ESETS update utility8.1
.........................................................................................30ESETS update process description8.2
.........................................................................................30ESETS mirror http daemon8.3
..................................................................319. Let us know
..................................................................3210. Appendix A. ESETS setup and configuration
.........................................................................................32Setting ESETS $PATH environment variable10.1
.........................................................................................32Setting ESETS for MTA Postfix10.2
.........................................................................................33Setting ESETS for MTA Sendmail10.3
.........................................................................................34Setting ESETS for MTA Qmail10.4
.........................................................................................34Setting ESETS for MTA Exim version 310.5
.........................................................................................35Setting ESETS for MTA Exim version 410.6
.........................................................................................35Setting ESETS for MTA ZMailer10.7
.........................................................................................36Setting ESETS for MTA Novell GroupWise10.8
.........................................................................................36Setting ESETS for outbound email message scanning10.9
.........................................................................................36Setting ESETS for scanning of POP3 communication10.10
.........................................................................................37Setting ESETS for scanning of IMAP communication10.11
.........................................................................................37Setting ESETS to enable Mail reporting functionality10.12
.........................................................................................38
Setting ESETS to send email notifications on virus
detection
10.13
..................................................................3911. Appendix B. PHP License