Define how you want the encryption settings to work when signed or encrypted content is detected.
Table 4-56 Option definitions — Signed Content
Option Definition
When content that is signed but not encrypted is detected
Select the primary action that you want the appliance to take in this circumstance.
The available options are:
• Deny connection (Block)
• Refuse the data and return an error code (Block)
• Accept and then drop the data (Block)
• Allow the changes to break the signed email (Monitor)
• Do not allow the changes to break the signed email (Monitor)
• Replace the content with an alert (Modify)
• Reroute to an alternative relay (Reroute) And also Specify the secondary actions to take.
Original email options
• Quarantine — Select to have the message added to the Quarantine database.
If you are using off‑box quarantine, you can also select the quarantine queue into which the email message is placed. This includes custom quarantine queues that you have created.
• Annotate and deliver original to x lists — Deliver the original email message to the selected distribution lists, with annotations added. Click Edit to select the lists, or to create a distribution list.
Notification email options
• Deliver to the sender of the original email — Send a notification email message to the sender of the original email message.
• Deliver to the recipient of the original email — Send a notification email message to the recipients of the original email message.
• Deliver a notification to x lists — Send a notification email message to the selected distribution lists, with annotations added. Click Edit to select the lists, or to create a distribution list.
Other actions
• Modify subject — McAfee Email Gateway re‑writes the subject of the email message using user‑definable templates, and then delivers the message to the intended recipients.
• Modify headers — McAfee Email Gateway modifies the email message headers using user‑definable templates, and then delivers the message to the intended
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• Deliver message using encryption — Select to have the message delivered using the configured encryption settings.
Notification and annotated email options
Follow the link to configure the options for notification messages and annotated email messages.
Alert Settings Select to use the default alert, or follow the link to make changes to the alert text.
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Table 4-57 Option definitions — Encrypted Content link
Option Definition
When content that is encrypted but not signed is detected
Select the primary action that you want the appliance to take in this circumstance. The available options are:
• Deny connection (Block)
• Refuse the data and return an error code (Block)
• Accept and then drop the data (Block)
• Replace the content with an alert (Modify)
• Reroute to an alternative relay (Reroute)
• Allow Through (Monitor)
And also Specify the secondary actions to take.
Original email options
• Quarantine — Select to have the message added to the Quarantine database.
If you are using off‑box quarantine, you can also select the quarantine queue into which the email message is placed. This includes custom quarantine queues that you have created.
• Annotate and deliver original to x lists — Deliver the original email message to the selected distribution lists, with annotations added. Click Edit to select the lists, or to create a distribution list.
Notification email options
• Deliver to the sender of the original email — Send a notification email message to the sender of the original email message.
• Deliver to the recipient of the original email — Send a notification email message to the recipients of the original email message.
• Deliver a notification to x lists — Send a notification email message to the selected distribution lists, with annotations added. Click Edit to select the lists, or to create a distribution list.
Other actions
• Modify subject — McAfee Email Gateway re‑writes the subject of the email message using user‑definable templates, and then delivers the message to the intended recipients.
• Modify headers — McAfee Email Gateway modifies the email message headers using user‑definable templates, and then delivers the message to the intended recipients. You can select multiple header modification templates.
• Deliver message using encryption — Select to have the message delivered using the configured encryption settings.
Notification and annotated email options
Follow the link to configure the options for notification messages and annotated email messages.
Alert Settings Select to use the default alert, or follow the link to make changes to the alert text.
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Table 4-58 Option definitions — Signed and Encrypted Content
Option Definition
When content that is both signed and encrypted is detected
Select the primary action that you want the appliance to take in this circumstance.
The available options are:
• Deny connection (Block)
• Refuse the data and return an error code (Block)
• Accept and then drop the data (Block)
• Allow the changes to break the signed email (Monitor)
• Do not allow the changes to break the signed email (Monitor)
• Replace the content with an alert (Modify)
• Reroute to an alternative relay (Reroute) And also Specify the secondary actions to take.
Original email options
• Quarantine — Select to have the message added to the Quarantine database.
If you are using off‑box quarantine, you can also select the quarantine queue into which the email message is placed. This includes custom quarantine queues that you have created.
• Annotate and deliver original to x lists — Deliver the original email message to the selected distribution lists, with annotations added. Click Edit to select the lists, or to create a distribution list.
Notification email options
• Deliver to the sender of the original email — Send a notification email message to the sender of the original email message.
• Deliver to the recipient of the original email — Send a notification email message to the recipients of the original email message.
• Deliver a notification to x lists — Send a notification email message to the selected distribution lists, with annotations added. Click Edit to select the lists, or to create a distribution list.
Other actions
• Modify subject — McAfee Email Gateway re‑writes the subject of the email message using user‑definable templates, and then delivers the message to the intended recipients.
• Modify headers — McAfee Email Gateway modifies the email message headers using user‑definable templates, and then delivers the message to the intended recipients. €
• Deliver message using encryption — Select to have the message delivered using the configured encryption settings.
Notification and annotated email options
Follow the link to configure the options for notification messages and annotated email messages.
Alert Settings Select to use the default alert, or follow the link to make changes to the alert text.
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Table 4-59 Option definitions — Plaintext Content
Option Definition
When content that is neither signed nor encrypted is detected
Select the primary action that you want the appliance to take in this circumstance. The available options are:
• Deny connection (Block) • Replace the content with an alert (Modify)
• Refuse the data and return an error code (Block)
• Reroute to an alternative relay (Reroute)
• Accept and then drop the data (Block) • Allow Through (Monitor) And also Specify the secondary actions to take.
Original email options
• Quarantine — Select to have the message added to the Quarantine database.
If you are using off‑box quarantine, you can also select the quarantine queue into which the email message is placed. This includes custom quarantine queues that you have created.
• Annotate and deliver original to x lists — Deliver the original email message to the selected distribution lists, with annotations added. Click Edit to select the lists, or to create a distribution list.
Notification email options
• Deliver to the sender of the original email — Send a notification email message to the sender of the original email message.
• Deliver to the recipient of the original email — Send a notification email message to the recipients of the original email message.
• Deliver a notification to x lists — Send a notification email message to the selected distribution lists, with annotations added. Click Edit to select the lists, or to create a distribution list.
Other actions
• Modify subject — McAfee Email Gateway re‑writes the subject of the email message using user‑definable templates, and then delivers the message to the intended recipients.
• Modify headers — McAfee Email Gateway modifies the email message headers using user‑definable templates, and then delivers the message to the intended recipients. €
• Deliver message using encryption — Select to have the message delivered using the configured encryption settings.
Notification and annotated email options
Follow the link to configure the options for notification messages and annotated email messages.
Alert Settings Select to use the default alert, or follow the link to make changes to the alert text.