1.2 What Does Trustwave MailMarshal Provide?

As a gateway content security solution, MailMarshal protects your network and your organization. MailMarshal enforces your Acceptable Use Policy to protect against spam, viruses, gateway email attacks, and other undesirable consequences of using email.

Easily supporting enterprises with tens of thousands of users, MailMarshal is by far the most powerful, feature rich email content security solution available.

MailMarshal scans the content of inbound and outbound email messages, including the headers, message body, and attachments. MailMarshal can detect many conditions, such as:

•Attempted message delivery from a server found on a blocklist

•Presence of a virus (using one or more supported virus scanners)

•Presence of particular phrases in header, message, or attachment

•Size or type of attachments

•Presence of URLs in header, message, or attachment that are found on a DNS based blocklist

The product can also respond to messages that violate your Acceptable Use Policy, by taking actions such as:

•Refusing receipt of a message from a remote server

•Quarantining a message for later review by administrators or users

•Deleting a message

•Redirecting a message

•Archiving a message for future reference

MailMarshal provides email administrators with granular control of policies and the ability to delegate email monitoring and control to other personnel. MailMarshal provides the following web-based user interfaces to meet the needs of a variety of administrators and your email recipients:

Management Console

Allows email security administrators to configure the product and establish email policy. Also allows email administrators and help desk personnel to monitor and control product activity, and administer quarantined email.

Spam Quarantine Management Website

Allows email recipients to verify quarantined email and customize spam blocking for their own email addresses. Optional.