When this feature is enabled, you may experience a slight delay in email delivery of inbound emails. This feature offers a more secure environment where viruses can be detected quicker, since it does not rely on updates of the antivirus engine. When an executable attachment is found, this feature creates a hash key based on the attachment and sends the key to a Kaspersky cloud service to be compared with well-known malicious hashes.

Select Check scanned emails for malicious content with cloud server for a higher detection rate to enable zero-hour virus detection.

For more information refer to Information Store Protection. Check Scan Internal and Information Store Items.

If Information Store Protection is enabled, you have the option to scan internal emails and the Information Store Items.

Select whether to scan inbound and/or outbound emails using this Virus Scanning Engine.Ĭheck this option to scan incoming emails.Ĭheck this option to scan outgoing emails.

Select the Enable Gateway Scanning (SMTP) check box to scan emails using this Virus Scanning Engine.

Go to Email Security > Virus Scanning Engines > Kaspersky.

The Kaspersky license needs be acquired separately from the GFI MailEssentials license.Įmails found containing virus during a scan are handled according to the action set for the engine that detected the virus. Enable DMARC for your domains to protect against spoofing.GFI MailEssentials uses Kasperky antivirus to scan inbound, outbound and internal email for viruses. Lookup and validate the published DKIM DNS record using our free DKIM record lookup tool.

Save changes to your record and wait for 48-72 hours for your DNS to process these changes.

Create a TXT or CNAME record depending on the type of DKIM record provided to you.

Navigate to the DNS records section for your individual domains.

Publishing your DKIM public key for GFI MailEssentials You can generate your DKIM key pair using our free DKIM record generator tool for instant and accurate results.

However, often vendors do not self-generate keys and you have to manually do the same by using a reliable online wizard.

A DKIM private key: used by GFI MailEssentials to sign your outgoing emails, that is to be uploaded on their webserver.

A DKIM public key: to be published in your public-facing DNS.GFI MailEssentials’s support will hand you over a DKIM key pair that will contain: Creating DKIM Record for GFI MailEssentialsĬontact your GFI MailEssentials support team to get your DKIM keys and enable DKIM authentication for your domains. DKIM signing is an added security measure, protecting your users from spam and phishing attacks by authenticating your mail message during its delivery. Enable DKIM signing for your domains to help protect your email content throughout the delivery process.

Gfi mailessentials installation guide