Configuring email message size using the CLI

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Use the CLI commands in this procedure to set the maximum size (in MB) of an email to be submitted for analysis.

Prerequisites

  • An established connection between the Email Security - Server appliance and the Internet.

  • You are logged in to the Email Security - Server appliance CLI as an Admin or Operator.

To configure email message size:
  1. Go to CLI configuration mode.

    hostname > enable
    hostname # configure terminal
  2. Configure the email message size.

    hostname (config) # email-analysis policy max_size_limit <MB>

    where <MB> is the maximum size of the email message to be analyzed, including attachments. The default size is 35 MB. The limit is 150 MB.

  3. Verify your configuration.

    hostname (config) # show email-analysis policy
    Email-Analysis Policy:
    Analyze URLs in body:      yes
    Analyze attachments:          yes
    Analyze email using YARA:     yes
    Email YARA Weight Cap:        30
    Max Email Size (MB):          150
    Analysis Timeout (sec):       240
    Analyze image URLs:           yes
    Advanced URL Defense:         no
    Extract/Rewrite HTML URL as Text:    yes
    Max URLs Analyzed/email:      5
    Max Att. Analyzed/email:      20 
    ...................
  4. Save your changes.

    hostname (config) # write memory