Enabling/Disabling VStream Antispam

You must enable at least one VStream Antispam engine in order for VStream Antispam to work. Once you have enabled the desired engines, you must configure them, using the relevant sections in this guide.

To enable/disable VStream Antispam

Click Antispam in the main menu, and click the Antispam tab.
The VStream Antispam page appears.
Complete the fields using the information in the following table.

VStream Antispam Fields

In this field…	Do this…
Content Based Antispam	Specify the Content Based Antispam engine's mode, by dragging the lever to one of the following: On. The Content Based Antispam engine is on. VStream Antispam will check email fingerprints against an online spam detection database. Emails that fail the check will be handled according to configured Content Based Antispam settings. Monitor Only. The Content Based Antispam engine is on. VStream Antispam will check email fingerprints against an online spam detection database. Emails that fail the check will be logged only, and any action configured in the Content Based Antispam Settings page will not be performed. Off. The Content Based Antispam engine is off. You can then click Settings to configure the Content Based Antispam settings. For further information, see Configuring the Content Based Antispam Engine.
Block List	Specify the Block List engine's mode, by dragging the lever to one of the following: On. The Block List engine is on. VStream Antispam will check email messages against a list of blocked senders. Emails that fail the check will be handled according to configured Block List settings. Monitor Only. The Block List engine is on. VStream Antispam will check email messages against a list of blocked senders. Emails that fail the check will be logged only, and any action configured in the Antispam Block List Settings page will not be performed. Off. The Block List engine is off. You can then click Settings to configure the Block List settings. For further information, see Configuring the Block List Engine Settings.
IP Reputation Checking	Specify the IP Reputation engine's mode for SMTP connections, by dragging the lever to one of the following: On. The IP Reputation engine is on. VStream Antispam will check the reputation of email senders against an online IP reputation database prior to accepting the TCP connection. Emails that fail the check will be handled according to configured IP Reputation settings. Monitor Only. The IP Reputation engine is on. VStream Antispam will check the reputation of email senders against an online IP reputation database. Emails that fail the check will be logged only, and any action configured in the Antispam IP Reputation Settings page will not be performed. Off. The IP Reputation engine is off. You can then click Settings to configure the IP Reputation settings. For further information, see Configuring the IP Reputation Engine.

In this field…

Do this…

Content Based Antispam

Specify the Content Based Antispam engine's mode, by dragging the lever to one of the following:

On. The Content Based Antispam engine is on. VStream Antispam will check email fingerprints against an online spam detection database. Emails that fail the check will be handled according to configured Content Based Antispam settings.
Monitor Only. The Content Based Antispam engine is on. VStream Antispam will check email fingerprints against an online spam detection database. Emails that fail the check will be logged only, and any action configured in the Content Based Antispam Settings page will not be performed.
Off. The Content Based Antispam engine is off.

You can then click Settings to configure the Content Based Antispam settings. For further information, see Configuring the Content Based Antispam Engine.

Block List

Specify the Block List engine's mode, by dragging the lever to one of the following:

On. The Block List engine is on. VStream Antispam will check email messages against a list of blocked senders. Emails that fail the check will be handled according to configured Block List settings.
Monitor Only. The Block List engine is on. VStream Antispam will check email messages against a list of blocked senders. Emails that fail the check will be logged only, and any action configured in the Antispam Block List Settings page will not be performed.
Off. The Block List engine is off.

You can then click Settings to configure the Block List settings. For further information, see Configuring the Block List Engine Settings.

IP Reputation Checking

Specify the IP Reputation engine's mode for SMTP connections, by dragging the lever to one of the following:

On. The IP Reputation engine is on. VStream Antispam will check the reputation of email senders against an online IP reputation database prior to accepting the TCP connection. Emails that fail the check will be handled according to configured IP Reputation settings.
Monitor Only. The IP Reputation engine is on. VStream Antispam will check the reputation of email senders against an online IP reputation database. Emails that fail the check will be logged only, and any action configured in the Antispam IP Reputation Settings page will not be performed.
Off. The IP Reputation engine is off.

You can then click Settings to configure the IP Reputation settings. For further information, see Configuring the IP Reputation Engine.