AntiSpam and Email Security

[gemechisd]

We have check point gateway with 7000 series. And last month we have updated our license. So, we want to use Anti Spam & Email Security feature. How can we enable that? How can we configure any rules for that associated blade? If there are things we need to know before enabling that feature?

[Lesley]

Start with the relevant documentation: 

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81.10/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81.10_ThreatPrevention_AdminGuide/...

Here a FAQ regarding MTA:

https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk108553

https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk109699

Why you might need MTA:

https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk98973

Not sure you run VSX but this is not supported:

https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk79700

[Wolfgang]

@gemechisd There are not much configuration options. You have to enable the blade and most of the things are configured via the old SmartDashboard. There you can enable AntiSpam- and IPreputation-level  and configure exceptions. If you enable the MTA on the gateway you can use your TP profile to check messages for viruses and emulate files in TP environment. 
AntiSpam and IP-reputation both have really good results but configuration options are very limited. No quarantine, limited exceptions, no address checking in the internal mail environment……