Turn on e-mail scanning

Information

This policy setting allows you to configure e-mail scanning. When e-mail scanning is enabled, the engine will parse the mailbox and mail files, according to their specific format, in order to analyze the mail bodies and attachments. Several e-mail formats are currently supported, for example: pst (Outlook), dbx, mbx, mime (Outlook Express), binhex (Mac).
If you enable this setting, e-mail scanning will be enabled.
If you disable or do not configure this setting, e-mail scanning will be disabled.

Solution

Policy Path: Windows Components\Windows Defender Antivirus\Scan
Policy Setting Name: Turn on e-mail scanning

See Also

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-security-baselines/security-baseline-final-for-windows-10-v1809-and-windows-server/ba-p/701082/

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

References: 800-53|SI-3c.1.

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 13933e492cd8d57f24e7cd9f7eebeab5a8e1dba840310501200633f257626fee