Policy Manager

GWAVA introduces the ‘policy’ to the GWAVA interface. Polices are utilized mainly for multi-tenant systems; systems with multiple domains, interfaces, or both. GWAVA and the Policy Manager disassociate domain settings from the interface, allowing multiple managed domains under the same interface, or vice versa. If, for example, multiple domains are hosted on a large system with load balanced SMTP servers, the policy manager can implement several different scanning profiles through a single or multiple SMTP interfaces all controlled by the same GWAVA server. A policy may also be used to manage several completely separate domains hosted on the same SMTP server, through the same SMTP scanning interface, with different criteria for each domain.

By Default, the Policy Manager automatically creates and manages policies for interfaces. Unlocking the Policy Manager permanently disables automatic management. If the GWAVA system is setup to only utilize a single domain and interface, or the different domains managed are to have the same scanning policy, then the Policy Manager should be left to manage the policy automatically. Policies are required for scanning to be completed, as they are the framework for all mail flow and dictate what mail ‘qualifies’ for scanning.