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Popular in GFI MailEssentials - MailEssentials Dashboard

  1. "404 - File or directory not found" error received when trying to log into MailEssentials

  2. Configuration UI returns HTML Error 503 on IIS mode

  3. Server Error in '/MailEssentials' Application accessing the dashboard

  4. Server Error in Application "DEFAULT WEB SITE"

  5. Accessing MailEssentials from Linux or macOS

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Filter Priority

  1. How to configure SMTP Transmission Filtering?

  2. How to configure Anti-Spam filter priority?

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Whitelist

  1. Troubleshooting Whitelist Issues: Unwanted Spam Emails Marked as Whitelisted

  2. IP Whitelist emails still quarantined by filters lower in priority.

  3. Why are multiple spam emails allowed though the filters?

  4. How to Export Auto-Whitelist Entries

  5. Setting up a Whitelist

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Blocklist

  1. Why is the IP DNS Blocklist not blocking emails?

  2. How to configure the IP Blocklist filter?

  3. The IP DNS Blocklist stops legitimate emails

  4. How to configure the URI DNS Blocklist

  5. How to block porn spam photos

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Greylist

  1. The GFI MailEssentials AS Scan Engine service is restarting

  2. Legitimate emails like password resets are being greylisted.

  3. Why are users not seeing all email blocked by MailEssentials?

  4. Configuring the Greylist Filter

  5. Bulk importing Greylist Exclusions

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Anti-Spoofing

  1. Internal email marked as spoofed

  2. Enabling and configuring Anti-Spoofing

  3. Blocking Spoof Emails

  4. Determining why the Anti-Spoofing Filter blocked or allowed a message

  5. Internal Emails Blocked by the Anti-Spoofing Filter

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Directory Harvesting

  1. A user is compromised and receiving a lot of NDR messages

  2. The Directory Harvesting filter is not performing the configured actions

  3. Configuring the Number of Incorrect Email Addresses Allowed by Directory Harvesting

  4. Directory Harvesting Actions Are Grayed out in the GFI MailEssentials Configuration

  5. Directory Harvesting Blocking Newly Added Domains

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Sender Policy Framework

  1. Why is an email blocked by the Sender Policy Framework if the SPF record contains the sending server?

  2. GFIScanS.exe crash caused by faulting spf.dll

  3. How MailEssentials Sender Policy Framework (SPF) filter works

  4. How to check and read a Sender Policy Framework record for a domain

  5. How to create a Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record for hosted email security and spam filtering service

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Anti-Phishing

  1. Antiphishing updates are failing with "Error 12038"

  2. Administrator Receiving Anti-Phishing License Expired Email

  3. Why are the Anti-Phishing or Bayesian Analysis engines not updating?

  4. Antiphishing false positives

  5. Determining why the Anti-Phishing Filter blocked or allowed a message

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Header Checking

  1. Internal emails are blocked by the Header Checking filter

  2. Configuring Header Checking

  3. Header Checking Anti-Spam Filter

  4. Error: 'Failed to identify split between headers and message body' in PickupSM logs

  5. Determining why Header Checking Filter blocked or allowed a message

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Bayesian Analysis

  1. Local antivirus solution detects a virus in "aswiz.exe"

  2. Understanding Bayesian Analysis

  3. 'Error 1720. There Is a Problem with This Windows Installer Package.' When Installing the Bayesian Analysis Wizard on Windows 8

  4. An Error Occurred While Enumerating Folders

  5. Determining why Bayesian Analysis blocked or allowed a message

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Spam Keyword Checking

  1. GFI MailEssentials and Anti-Spam Keywords

  2. Keyword Checking or Content Checking are blocking all emails

  3. Keyword Filtering does not support HTTP entries

  4. MailEssentials | Spam Keyword checking blocks emails if a word from a rule is part of another word

  5. Keyword Checking does not block a specified word or phrase

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - SpamRazer

  1. Why do I get email notification that states SpamRazer updates failed due to an expired license after I renewed my license?

  2. SpamRazer is blocking emails containing safe URLs

  3. Reprocess emails blocked by SpamRazer that didn't reach their destination

  4. Determining why the SpamRazer filter blocked or allowed a message

  5. How to update broken SpamRazer definitions

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Language Detection

  1. Determining why Language Detection Engine blocked or allowed a message

  2. How to modify the language of the GFI AntiSpam Public Folders?

  3. Language detection filter is blocking emails because the locale is not found

  4. The Language Detection filter is not blocking short emails

  5. Blocking Messages Written in a Particular Language

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Spam Actions

  1. Spam is not moved to the configured subfolder

  2. Emails are not being moved to spam folder

  3. Global actions called because max number of subfolders is reached or exceeded

  4. Configuring Spam Emails Not to Be Sent to Blackberry Servers

  5. How to forward emails to a third party account when using the 'Deliver to Exchange Sub folder' action for spam emails

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - New Senders

  1. Determining why the New Senders Module blocked or allowed a message

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - X-Headers

  1. Disabling MailEssentials X-Headers

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Public Folder Scanning

  1. One or more of the GFI MailEssentials public folders are not working

  2. Enabling Public Folder Scanning

  3. How to move mail to public folders in a Mac Outlook client

  4. How to replicate Anti-Spam Public Folders

  5. Public folder scanning fails due to extra character in command

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Advanced Content Filtering

  1. Example rules for the Advanced Content filtering system

  2. Creating Advanced Content Filtering Rules

  3. Emails blocked by the GFI MailEssentials Advanced Content filter send the blocked content to the user

  4. How to determine why the Advanced Content Filtering Content Filter blocked or allowed a message

  5. Social Security Advanced Content Filtering Rule Picks up Postal and Zip Codes

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Decompression Engine

  1. Why are internal emails quarantined when attachments are present?

  2. Multiple Spam/Virus emails are getting through with attachments

  3. Legitimate emails go to FailedMails folder

  4. Broken archives when sending internal emails with attachments

  5. Decompression Engine

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Attachment Filtering

  1. Why doesn't GFI MailEssentials try to clean a virus from an infected attachment, but quarantines or deletes the whole attachment instead?

  2. Inline attachments in outbound emails were not visible after being processed by MailEssentials

  3. Mac Outlook emails with attachments are getting failed in MailEssentials

  4. Determining why Attachment Filtering blocked or allowed a message

  5. Error: 'File <filename> was blocked because of an extension related to the detected file type <type>' When Sending Attachments

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Keyword Filtering

  1. Why can't I add exceptions to Keyword Filtering for Distribution Groups?

  2. Determining why Keyword Filtering blocked or allowed a message

  3. Understanding Keyword Filtering

  4. Configuring Keyword Filtering

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Content Filtering

  1. Error: '550 5.7.1 Message Rejected as Spam by Content Filtering' in the Message Delivery Log

  2. Failed Mails due to Exclusions set in Content filters

  3. GFIScanM crashing on 21.1 - ContentCheck.dll

  4. GFIscanm.exe has a memory leak when Advanced content filter rules are enabled

  5. Disabling Outbound Scanning in GFI MailEssentials

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Email Management

  1. Why does spam appear to be coming from the Administrator's email address?

  2. Adding the Warning Message Automatically to All Emails Received From Outside

  3. Why can't I update the disclaimers?

  4. Why are disclaimers not working with groups?

  5. A large number of emails are building up in the BadMail folder and queues

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Email Exploit Engine

  1. Emails are moved to FailedEmails folder when Malformed File extension is enabled

  2. Email Exploit Engine settings are not saving

  3. Legitimate emails are moved to the EmailSecurity\FailedMails folder

  4. How to manually update the Email Exploit Engine

  5. Subject Length Limit of the Email Exploit Engine

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Virus Scanning Engines

  1. How to enable the Sophos antivirus engine add-on

  2. Important Information About Kaspersky and Cyren

  3. Cannot update Avira

  4. Failed anti-virus updates causes failed mails

  5. Kaspersky engine is not updating.

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Other Protection

  1. GfiAvRouting agent is causing emails to fail

  2. The Information Store Scanning won't connect to Exchange Web Services

  3. HTML Sanitizer is modifying emails using S/MIME

  4. Manually Updating Trojan & Executable Scanner and Email Exploit Engine

  5. Trojan and Executable Scanner

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Perimeter SMTP Servers

  1. Configuring Perimeter SMTP Servers

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - General Settings

  1. Why does a digitally signed message become invalid when scanned by GFI MailEssentials?

  2. Language Syntax for Regex Validation

  3. How to stop NDR Spam?

  4. MailEssentials is not processing emails and emails go to FailedMails folder

  5. MailEssentials is not scanning emails

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Uninstalling MailEssentials

  1. How does uninstalling MailEssentials affect Exchange?

  2. Manually Uninstalling GFI MailEssentials

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Upgrading MailEssentials

  1. Patch 1 Install Failure in version 21.7 with Error "System.InvalidOperationException: Duplicate attribute"

  2. No Mail Flow After Upgrading to MailEssentials 21.6

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Common Installation Errors

  1. Can't Finalize Installing GFI MailEssentials As The Post-Installation Wizard Finishes with Errors

  2. Mailflow stops after upgrading MailEssentials

  3. Fixing a 0xfffffffe error that is causing a failed installation or upgrade

  4. 'Error 1310. Error Writing to File' When Installing GFI MailEssentials

  5. Error: 'ASP.Net Web Service Is Prohibited on This Server' When Installing MailEssentials

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Install/Uninstall/Migration/Upgrade

  1. Why are patches failing to install?

  2. Updates fail on MailEssentials after reinstalling and applying all patches

  3. Error configuring proxy using post-installation wizard

  4. How to migrate from an Exchange installation to a Gateway installation

  5. Antivirus updates failing after Patch 7

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Multi-Server

  1. MailEssentials is not blocking obvious spam

  2. How to bind MailEssentials to two different servers?

  3. Multi-server setting on slave gets disabled after some time

  4. Unable to connect to node in a multi-server setup.

  5. In a Multi-Install environment, the Attendant service on the slave servers crashes and stops synchronising

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - POP2Exchange

  1. Troubleshooting the GFI POP2Exchange Service

  2. Using GFI POP2Exchange Service

  3. Configuring POP2Exchange to Download Messages from Multiple Mailboxes

  4. Disabling the GFI POP2Exchange Service Without Using POP3

  5. Error: 'Faulting Application pop2exch.exe' (POP2Exchange Module Crashing)

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Quarantine

  1. Why is my Exchange Mailbox Quarantined after installing MailEssentials?

  2. Opening the Quarantine causes a Server Error

  3. Releasing emails from quarantine takes too long after update

  4. Search folder error after the malware quarantine database was recreated

  5. Mailflow stops after Malwarebytes is installed

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Reporting/Notifications/Digests

  1. Quarantine digest notifications are not working

  2. Users are not receiving quarantine digest reports

  3. User no longer receives spam digest notifications

  4. Creating new reports causes a server error

  5. How to ensure that the SPAM Digest Email Notifications are received in real time?

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Services

  1. GFI Services are crashing and stopping mail flow after latest patch fails to install

  2. SPAM Filters are blocking valid emails

  3. Antispam Scan Engine crashes after reboot

  4. GFI MailEssentials is creating copies of all the messages to the Antispam/failedmails folder

  5. The Anti-Spam filtering and quarantine are not working

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - SpamTag

  1. Update the SpamTag web service URL

  2. SpamTag prompts for authentication when remember credentials is selected

  3. Fixing the "Cannot process selected email" SpamTag error

  4. SpamTag

  5. Deploying SpamTag via GPO fails to set the language

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Switchboard

  1. Configuring the authentication mode in GFI MailEssentials

  2. MTEF option is displayed in the switchboard when installed on an Exchange 2010 Hub Transport server.

  3. Switchboard not opening but the process starts in Task Manager

  4. The GFI MailEssentials Switchboard URL does not get updated and the configuration is not accessible when changing a website hostname

  5. Enabling or Disabling GFI MailEssentials Processing

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - User Management/Permissions

  1. MailEssentials is reporting too many licensed users

  2. How do I retrieve a list of licensed users?

  3. MailEssentials Common User Management / Permissions Errors

  4. Access Control issue in Remote AD

  5. Files Found in the ADBRProcessed Directory

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Release Notes

  1. GFI MailEssentials 21.7p7 Release Notes

  2. GFI MailEssentials 21.7p6 Release Notes

  3. GFI MailEssentials 21.7p5 Release Notes

  4. GFI MailEssentials 21.7p4 Release Notes

  5. GFI MailEssentials 21.7p3 Release Notes

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Internal Training

  1. MailEssentials Debug Logs

  2. Reading Email Headers

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - Product issue/error

  1. Too many licenses in use

  2. My trial license key is not working

  3. SPAM messages stopped being filtered because an incorrect license key being used

  4. Fixing “The user limit has been exceeded" error with MailEssentials in SMTP mode

  5. MailEssentials reports more accounts in use than actual mailboxes

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - General

  1. GFI Account and License Management

  2. Unable to Access the GFI Training Portal

  3. Editing Account Details

  4. GFI Partner Not For Resale (NFR) Subscription Information

  5. Requesting a New Customer Trial License Key

Popular in GFI MailEssentials - GFI Support Portal

  1. Viewing Open Tickets in the GFI Support Portal

  2. Accessing the GFI Support Portal From the GFI Accounts Portal

  3. How to use "Forgot my password" link in the GFI Support Portal

  4. Logging in to the GFI Support Portal

  5. Creating Account on GFI Support Portal