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\Scan
Policy Setting Name: Turn on e-mail scanning

See Also

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/secguide/2016/10/17/security-baseline-for-windows-10-v1607-anniversary-edition-and-windows-server-2016/

Item Details

Category: SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INTEGRITY

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

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: eafacedf06aa7915ff8fb367f3dbaec12a627348ace8b50b1a72804fe7322b13