Forefront Security for Exchange Server General Options

 

Applies to: Forefront Security for Exchange Server

General Options, accessed from the SETTINGS section of the Shuttle Navigator, provides access to a variety of system-level settings for Forefront Security for Exchange Server. These options are stored in the registry. The General Options pane eliminates the need to directly access the registry when changing these settings.

Although there are many options that can be controlled through the General Options pane, each of them has a default (enabled, disabled, or a value) that is probably the correct one for your enterprise. However, there are several options that you may want to modify while configuring Forefront Security for Exchange Server for the first time. These options are:

Critical Notification List	Indicates the e-mail addresses of administrators and others who should be notified in the event that the Exchange store starts and Forefront Security for Exchange Server is not hooked in or if the Forefront Security store shuts down. Multiple e-mail addresses are separated by semicolons. For example: admin@microsoft.com;admin2@microsoft.com.
Redistribution Server	Indicates that this server is acting as the central hub to distribute scanner updates to other servers.
Use Proxy Settings	Indicates that proxy settings are to be used when retrieving antivirus scanner updates. (For more information, see the "Updating the File Scanner Through a Proxy" section in "File Scanner Updating" in the User Guide.)
Use UNC Credentials	Indicates that Universal Naming Convention (UNC) credentials are needed when retrieving scanner updates from a file share. (For more information, see "File Scanner Updating" in the User Guide.) Credentials are not supported if you are using the Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Console (FSSMC) for redistribution. Therefore, be sure to clear this setting if you are using FSSMC to manage antivirus engine updates.
Proxy Server Name/IP Address	The name or IP address of the proxy server. Required, if using proxy settings.
Proxy Port	Indicates the port number of the proxy server. Required, if using proxy settings. The default is port 80.
Proxy Username	The name of a user with access rights to the proxy server, if necessary. Optional field.
Proxy Password	The appropriate password for the proxy user name, if necessary. Optional field.
UNC Username	The name of a user with access rights to the UNC path, if necessary. Optional field.
UNC Password	The appropriate password for the UNC user name, if necessary. Optional field.