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Disable QUIC in Chrome Browser
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Censornet Web Filtering Policy and Approach for Education
List of domains to bypass apps for SSL Interception
Bypass GoToMeeting & LogMeIn
Bypassing the Apple Store
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ESET issues identified
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Windows agent - force download of anti-malware database
Change the default listening port for the USS Gateway proxy
SSL/TLS Strict Mode blocked ciphers
How to add a Static Route to the USS Gateway
Export Agents using curl script
Installing an SSL Certificate on iOS 13
CVE-2020-15778
Microsoft Teams Bypass Exception list on mac OS
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YouTube Safe or Restricted mode enforced by DNS
Safari 17 Proxy Exceptions limit
Alter the default agent configuration poll time
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USS Agent for Windows
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Download MacOS Agent
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Captive Portal on Samsung Devices
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Chromebook Allowlist USS Gateway Proxy
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Email Security
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Stop specific users from receiving Word documents
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How to Prefix a banner to inbound emails
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Safelisting Email Security IP addresses in Office 365
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Reject message due to message “550 5.1.8 sender denied”
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Email Sandbox - Supported file types
Outbound Delivery error: 550 Unable to relay
[Marketing Medium] or [High Medium] prefixed to the subject of mails
DMARC Failure Reporting
Image Analysis for Email supported image types
Powershell Script to list Office 365 Shared Mailboxes
What happens when my Email Security license is suspended or deleted?
Example Spam Digest or Quarantine Report
No Valid MX Record NDR message
How to onboard users into the End User Portal
Installing the Outlook add-in for Email Security
How to avoid multiple disclaimers being added when forwarding or replying to emails
Cisco Fixup Protocol
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MX records and IP addresses for India customers
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Activate the Quarantine Portal for Spam Digest users
DMARC Abuse Report received even though it passes DMARC
Display Name Detection
Unable to forward emails from Microsoft 365 accounts
How to configure Authenticated Received Chain (ARC) Inbound
Why do I see No SMTP transport in Email activity?
How to use Custom Rule Data (formerly Dictionaries)
HTML attachments
How to block double extension filenames
Upgrade Outlook Add-in for reporting spam and phishing email
How to use the Domain Name Detection rule
Email Security: Best Practice Guide
How to work with System Locked rules
How to detect simplified Chinese character sets
How does DMARC work?
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SecureMail concepts explained
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Email Security: Quick Start
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Spam Deny List
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Outlook Add-in V2
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Post Delivery Email Deletion (Retract)
Advanced Email Sandbox - Overview
Redirect emails to a different address
Configure Inbound mail on Office 365 to reject non-EMS emails
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Count how many users are in an AD group
ADFS Login not being intercepted for MFA
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Legal Hold in CEA
Authorised Delete in CEA
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Google Workspace
Configuring Google Workspace OAuth and Service Account
Integrate Gmail with a CEA
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Understanding Data Guardians
Email Archive End User Guide
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Allow SAT Domains for EMS customers with Custom Headers
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Upload Multiple Users via CSV template
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How To See Your Automated SAT Journey
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Identifying Spoofed Emails
DMARC Fail: Alignment reporting
USS Gateway failing to install
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Allow partial websites/specific YouTube videos
Gateway failing to join the domain - the address handle that was given to the transport was invalid
Gateway proxy authentication pop-up login dialog
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USS Gateway IP changes unexpectedly
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Example Rules and configurations for Email Security. You can either copy them directly, or adapt them for your own use.
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Cloud USS E-mail Security provides comprehensive real-time email threat protection, through a simple redirection of MX records and outbound "Smart Host" configuration. Through multi-layered protectio…
Updated 5 years ago
Follow this quick start guide to quickly get up and running with Email Security. Download the digital PDF edition of the quick start guide. Whilst this guide is intended to help you implement the Ema…
Updated 4 months ago
The Email Security Message Rules engine lies at the heart of your email security process. The powerful rule builder gives you precise control of the email traffic going to and from your domain. To ta…
Updated 2 years ago
Unlike Message Rules (which are executed against individual emails), Connection Rules are applied to every attempt to connect to or from your mailboxes. You can use Connection Rules to preemptively r…
Email Security comes with a set of sensible Default Rules. These defaults may be sufficient for your organisation, but we still recommend you familiarise yourself with them, in order to fully underst…
Email Security uses Custom Rule Data to enhance the data in Message Rules and Connection Rules, and to provide specific customised data against which to measure emails. Custom Rule Data comes in two…
Updated 4 years ago
Emails that trigger a Message Rule with a Final Action of Quarantine - Company will be placed in the Global Quarantine. Quarantined emails are available for 30 days. Email Security users also have ac…
Updated 3 months ago
As well as the Global Quarantine , Each Email Security user has access to their own Personal Quarantine as well. Quarantined emails are available for 30 days. You can grant users the ability to view…
Updated 11 months ago
By default, email addresses or domains that are added to your Spam Deny List will be automatically rejected for all Email Security users. The exact behaviour of the Deny List will depend on your Mess…
By default, email addresses, domains or IP address that are added to your Spam Safe List will be treated as safe for all Email Security users. The exact behaviour of the Safe List will depend on your…
Your Email Security account can cover many different email mailboxes, at multiple domains. To see the mailboxes currently being managed by Email Security , visit your USS Dashboard and click Products…
Updated 1 year ago
To configure your Email Security installation, visit your USS Dashboard and click Products ⟶ E-mail Security ⟶ Product Configuration Domains. To add or remove domains from Email Security tracking, us…
Updated 2 weeks ago
You can use the Group Management screen to see all the user groups supported on your system. Message Rules can take advantage of groups to perform specific actions for users in particular groups. To…
Version 2.0 of the Email Security (EMS) Outlook add-in allows end-users to access familiar Email Security features from inside Outlook, Outlook Web App (OWA) and on mobile devices. With this new vers…
The following placeholders are supported in Email Security Message Rule actions, such as Prefix to Subject or Notify Recipient (Subject or Message). The placeholder will be replaced with the actual d…
Updated 4 years ago by admin
Custom digests can be applied to your Email Security account. There are a number of customisations that can be made including removing all clickable links, limiting features and changing styles. It i…
Updated 2 years ago by admin
Post Delivery Email Deletion is a feature of Email Security that allows an administrator to delete email that has been delivered and stored in a Microsoft 365 / Office 365 mailbox, including any repl…
The optional Advanced Email Sandbox protects against today’s evasive zero-day threats by providing a highly scalable and powerful environment to run in-depth, sophisticated analysis of unknown or sus…
Email destined for specific recipients can be re-routed (redirected) to an alternative address, using the Re-Route To rule action within Message Rules. Example 1 - simple re-route. The following exam…
You should configure Office 365 to block any inbound email that does not originate from Email Security product. The recommended approach to this is described below. Log in to the Office 365 Admin Cen…
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