Heuristic scanning

 

Use MailWasher Pro’s heuristic scanning feature to specify different strengths of scanning to help identify suspicious emails. By default, this is set to Careful. You can also set actions you want MailWasher Pro to perform when an email resembles spam, or when MailWasher Pro thinks an email is a virus.

 

Click  then  to display the Heuristic scanning options.

 

 

The table below describes the Heuristic scanning options.

 

Option

Description

Heuristic strength

You can specify the strength of MailWasher Pro’s heuristic scanning. Select from:

·      None

·      Careful, or

·      Strong.

 

 This defaults to Careful.

Action

Specify the action you want MailWasher Pro to take When MailWasher Pro thinks an email resembles spam. Select from:

·      Mark the sender of the email to be blacklisted

·      Mark the email for deletion, or

·      Mark the email for bounce.

Viruses

Specify the action you want MailWasher Pro to take When MailWasher Pro thinks an email is possibly a virus or a known virus. Select from:

·      Mark the email for deletion, or

·      Automatically delete the email (without informing or asking you).