Manual and Scheduled Scan Settings Parent topic

A brief description of the options is available below.

Manual and Scheduled Scan Settings

Section
Settings
Schedule
Note
Note
Only available for Scheduled Scans.
Scan every:
  • Day: Select to perform a scan every day at a specific time.
    Pause scan after:
    • Select between 01 and 23 hours to pause the scan after the time lapses. ScanMail will resume the current scan at the next scheduled time.
    • Select 00 hours if you do not want to pause the scan, and want to keep it running until it completes.
  • Week on: Select to perform a scan every week on a specific day and time.
  • Month on day: Select to perform a scan every month on a specific date and time.
Database Selection
  • All databases: Select this to scan all databases including any databases you add after this setting is configured.
  • Specific databases: Select this to scan databases you specify.
  • Refresh: Click to display the latest Mailbox databases.
Folder Selection
Note
Note
Only available on Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2016 servers.
  • All folders: Select this option to scan all the folders on Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2016 servers.
  • Specific folders: Select this option to scan folders you specify.
  • Enable public folder scan: Select this to scan the public folders on Exchange 2013 and Exchange 2016 servers.
Scan Type Selection
  • Security risk scan: Select this to scan for viruses/malware and advanced threats, based on the configured settings.
  • Attachment blocking: Select this to perform a scan based on the attachment blocking settings.
  • Content filtering: Select this to perform a scan based on the content filtering settings.
  • Data Loss Prevention: Select this to perform a scan based on the Data Loss Prevention settings.
Incremental Scan Options: Selecting multiple check boxes creates "AND" relationships between those check boxes.
Note
Note
If all check boxes are clear, all messages in the database(s) you specify are scanned.
  • Scan messages delivered: Select this to scan messages delivered during a time period.
  • Scan messages with attachments: Select this to only scan messages with attachments.
  • Scan messages that have not been scanned: Select this to only scan messages that have not been previously scanned by ScanMail.
CPU Usage: This feature allows you to manage performance by limiting the resources that manual and scheduled scans use.
  • Enable CPU usage limitation: Select to limit CPU usage and specify the maximum CPU percentage used.