Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway Help

About email disclaimers and insecure message warnings

An email disclaimer (hereinafter also “disclaimer”) is text that Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway can add at the beginning or end of an email message.

You can configure disclaimer templates, specify the display format for disclaimers in messages, enable or disable disclaimers for one or several message processing rules.

An insecure message warning (hereinafter also “warning”) is text that Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway can add at the beginning or end of email messages that have been assigned one of the following scan status labels by Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway modules:

  • Encrypted.
  • Phishing.
  • Infected.
  • Corrupted.

You can configure warning templates, specify the display format for warnings in messages, enable or disable warnings for one or several message processing rules.

See also

Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway disclaimers and warnings

Creating a disclaimer or warning template

Editing a disclaimer or warning template

Deleting a disclaimer or warning template

Enabling and disabling message disclaimers for a rule

Adding a message scanning event disclaimer for a rule

Adding an insecure message warning for a rule

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Creating a disclaimer or warning template

To create a disclaimer or warning template:

  1. In the main window of the application web interface, open the management console tree and select the Settings section and Disclaimers subsection.
  2. Click the Create button in the upper part of the workspace.

    A new disclaimer or warning template opens.

  3. In the Template name field, type the name of the template.

    Based on this name, you can select a template for configuring the settings of message processing rules.

  4. In the Position drop-down list, select the position of the disclaimer or warning. You can configure the disclaimer or warning to be displayed before or after the message.
  5. Select one of the following tabs above the Message text field:
    • Plain, if you want the message to be displayed in plain text format.
    • HTML, if you want the message to be displayed in HTML format.

      By default, Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway applies the text format depending on the format of email messages.

      In an email message in HTML format, Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway adds a disclaimer or warning in HTML format.

      In an email message in Plain format, Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway adds a disclaimer or warning in Plain format.

  6. Enter the text of the disclaimer or warning in the Message text field.
  7. If you entered the text of the disclaimer or warning in HTML format, under the Message text field click the Preview link to see a preview of your message.
  8. Select the Text only check box if you want the message to contain text only.

    When a disclaimer or warning in Text only format is added to an email message in HTML format, the message may be displayed incorrectly.

  9. Click the Create button in the lower part of the workspace.

The disclaimer or warning template you have created appears in the list of disclaimer and warning templates in the workspace of the main window of the application web interface.

See also

Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway disclaimers and warnings

About email disclaimers and insecure message warnings

Editing a disclaimer or warning template

Deleting a disclaimer or warning template

Enabling and disabling message disclaimers for a rule

Adding a message scanning event disclaimer for a rule

Adding an insecure message warning for a rule

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Editing a disclaimer or warning template

To edit a disclaimer or warning template:

  1. In the main window of the application web interface, open the management console tree and select the Settings section and Disclaimers subsection.
  2. In the list of disclaimer and warning templates in the workspace, select the disclaimer or warning template that you want to edit.
  3. Edit the template name in the Template name field.

    Based on this name, you can select a template for configuring the settings of message processing rules.

  4. In the Position drop-down list, change the position of the disclaimer or warning. You can configure the disclaimer or warning to be displayed before or after the message.
  5. Select one of the following tabs above the Message text field:
    • Plain, if you want the message to be displayed in plain text format.
    • HTML, if you want the message to be displayed in HTML format.
  6. Edit the text of the disclaimer or warning in the Message text field.
  7. If you entered the text of the disclaimer or warning in HTML format, under the Message text field click the Preview link to see a preview of your message.
  8. Select the Text only check box if you want the message to contain text only.
  9. Click the Apply button in the lower part of the workspace.

See also

Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway disclaimers and warnings

About email disclaimers and insecure message warnings

Creating a disclaimer or warning template

Deleting a disclaimer or warning template

Enabling and disabling message disclaimers for a rule

Adding a message scanning event disclaimer for a rule

Adding an insecure message warning for a rule

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Deleting a disclaimer or warning template

To delete a disclaimer or warning template:

  1. In the main window of the application web interface, open the management console tree and select the Settings section and Disclaimers subsection.
  2. Select the check box in the lines with the names of one or several disclaimer or warning templates that you want to delete.
  3. Click the Delete button in the upper part of the workspace.

The selected disclaimer or warning templates are deleted.

See also

Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway disclaimers and warnings

About email disclaimers and insecure message warnings

Creating a disclaimer or warning template

Editing a disclaimer or warning template

Enabling and disabling message disclaimers for a rule

Adding a message scanning event disclaimer for a rule

Adding an insecure message warning for a rule

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Enabling and disabling message disclaimers for a rule

You can enable or disable message disclaimers for one or several rules. By default, message disclaimers are disabled.

To enable or disable message disclaimers for a rule:

  1. In the main window of the application web interface, open the management console tree and select the Rules section.
  2. In the list of rules, click the name of the rule to open the rule for which you want to enable or disable message disclaimers.
  3. Select the Email disclaimer section.
  4. Do one of the following:
    • Flip on the toggle switch next to the name of the Email disclaimer settings group to enable message disclaimers for a rule.
    • Flip off the toggle switch next to the name of the Email disclaimer settings group to disable message disclaimers for a rule.
  5. Click the Apply button in the lower part of the workspace.

See also

Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway disclaimers and warnings

About email disclaimers and insecure message warnings

Creating a disclaimer or warning template

Editing a disclaimer or warning template

Deleting a disclaimer or warning template

Adding a message scanning event disclaimer for a rule

Adding an insecure message warning for a rule

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Adding a message scanning event disclaimer for a rule

To add a message scanning event disclaimer for a rule:

  1. In the main window of the application web interface, open the management console tree and select the Rules section.
  2. In the list of rules, click the link with the name of the rule to open the rule for which you want to add a message scanning event disclaimer.
  3. Select the Email disclaimer section.
  4. Flip on the toggle switch next to the name of the Email disclaimer settings group if it is off.
  5. In the Add the following disclaimer group of settings, click the link to the right of the name of the Disclaimer template name setting.
  6. The Disclaimer template window opens.
  7. In the Disclaimer template list, select the template of a disclaimer that you want to add to a message scanning event for a rule.
  8. Click OK.

    The Disclaimer template window closes.

    The disclaimer you have added appears in the Email disclaimer section in the workspace of the main window of the application web interface.

  9. Click the Apply button in the lower part of the workspace.

In order for the settings you have configured to be used during operation of Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway, make sure that the option that lets you add disclaimers to messages is enabled for the rule and the rule for which you have configured the settings is enabled.

See also

Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway disclaimers and warnings

About email disclaimers and insecure message warnings

Creating a disclaimer or warning template

Editing a disclaimer or warning template

Deleting a disclaimer or warning template

Enabling and disabling message disclaimers for a rule

Adding an insecure message warning for a rule

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Adding an insecure message warning for a rule

To add an insecure message warning for a rule:

  1. In the main window of the application web interface, open the management console tree and select the Rules section.
  2. In the list of rules, click the link with the name of the rule to open the rule for which you want to add an insecure message warning.
  3. Select the Insecure message warning section.
  4. Select check boxes next to one or several types of messages to which you want to add a warning:
    • enable for encrypted messages, if you want to add a warning to messages that have been assigned Encrypted status after scanning by Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway modules.
    • enable for phishing messages, if you want to add a warning to messages that have been assigned Phishing status after scanning by Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway modules.
    • enable for infected messages, if you want to add a warning to messages that have been assigned Infected status after scanning by Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway modules.
    • enable for corrupted messages, if you want to add a warning to messages that have been assigned Corrupted status after scanning by Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway modules.
  5. In the Add the following warning group of settings, click the link to the right of the name of the Warning template setting.
  6. The Warning template window opens.
  7. In the Warning template list, select the template of an insecure message warning that you want to add for a rule.
  8. Click OK.

    The Warning template window closes.

    The warning you have added appears in the Insecure message warning section in the workspace of the main window of the application web interface.

  9. Click the Apply button in the lower part of the workspace.

In order for the settings you have configured to be used during operation of Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway, make sure that the rule for which you have configured settings is enabled.

See also

Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway disclaimers and warnings

About email disclaimers and insecure message warnings

Creating a disclaimer or warning template

Editing a disclaimer or warning template

Deleting a disclaimer or warning template

Enabling and disabling message disclaimers for a rule

Adding a message scanning event disclaimer for a rule

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