SonicWALL Options
On the SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop browser toolbar the SonicWALL Options menu will appear when the SonicWALL Options button is selected. This menu is shown below. Below we will discuss all of the menu options on the SonicWALL Options menu.
Configure Preferences
Selecting Configure Preferences will display the SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop preferences window where you can configure the product as needed for your desktop including viewing and updating allowed and blocked lists, adjusting your anti-spam settings, and more. Each of the configuration preferences screens has its own help link that provides assistance for that given screen.
Registration Options
Click on Registration Options... to display the screen where you can enter the valid License Key for your copy of SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop. Until you have entered a valid license key, the product will consider itself to be in Trial mode.
Delete Junk Email
Selecting Delete Junk Email will immediately move junk email from your SonicWALL Junk Mail folder and your SonicWALL Phishing Mail folder to your Deleted Items folder so they can deleted by the system.
Select Folders for Idle Scan
The Idle Scan function will scan the selected folders for newly identified spam and phishing email when your system is not busy. You can decide which folders (if any) you wish to scan by selecting the Select Folders… option which will display the following window where you can place a check next to those email folders you wish to scan using the Idle Scan function.
Allow Sender
This option requires that a specific email is selected (highlighted) in the Outlook or Outlook Express client. Then when you select this menu option you will add the sender, the From: email address, of the selected email to the People allowed list. If no email is selected, then nothing will happen.
Block Sender
This option requires that a specific email is selected (highlighted) in the Outlook or Outlook Express client. Then when you select this menu option you will add the sender, the From: email address, of the selected email to the People blocked list. If no email is selected, then nothing will happen.
Allow Sender’s Company
This option requires that a specific email is selected (highlighted) in the Outlook or Outlook Express client. Then when you select this menu option you will add the company name (domain name), of the From: email address, of the selected email to the Company allowed list. If no email is selected, then nothing will happen.
Block Sender’s Company
This option requires that a specific email is selected (highlighted) in the Outlook or Outlook Express client. Then when you select this menu option you will add the company name (domain name), of the From: email address, of the selected email to the Company blocked list. If no email is selected, then nothing will happen.
Populate Allowed List
Selecting this option will scan your Sent email folder and add the receivers of each email to your People allowed list.
Note: This can be done at installation time, but you can also skip this step at installation. If you have previously done this at installation time there is no need to do it again, although there is no harm in doing so.
Scan Selected Folder
This option requires that a specific folder containing email is selected (highlighted) in the Outlook or Outlook Express client. Selecting this menu option cause SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop to scan the selected folder and remove any identified spam and phishing emails from that folder. If there are no folders containing email selected, then nothing will happen.
Report Junk Email
This option requires that a specific email is selected (highlighted) in the Outlook or Outlook Express client. Selecting this menu option will send a copy of the selected email to SonicWALL for further analysis. You should only this option for those messages you believe are spam.
The first time and possibly each time you select this option the following Contribute Email window will be displayed to confirm your desire to send the email to SonicWALL.
The Contribute Email window will be displayed each time you select the Report Junk Email option unless you check the Don’t show this again box and select the OK button. This double opt-in operation means that you will NOT be asked to confirm your subsequent submissions if you select the Report Junk Email menu option. To reset this option to its default setting, go to SonicWALL Options > Configuration Preferences > Settings page and change the appropriate box in the Show Confirmations section.
Report Phishing Email
This option requires that a specific email is selected (highlighted) in the Outlook or Outlook Express client. Selecting this menu option will send a copy of the selected email to SonicWALL for further analysis. You should only use this option if you believe the selected email is a phishing email.
The first time and possibly each time you select this option the following Contribute Email window will be displayed to confirm your desire to send the email to SonicWALL.
The Contribute Email window will be displayed each time you select the Report Phishing Email option unless you check the Don’t show this again box and select the OK button. This double opt-in operation means that you will NOT be asked to confirm your subsequent submissions if you select the Report Phishing Email menu option. To reset this option to its default setting, go to SonicWALL Options > Configuration Preferences > Settings page a change the appropriate box in the Show Confirmations section.
Check for Update
Selecting this option will cause SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop to check with SonicWALL to see if there are any updates to the software available. SonicWALL Anti-Spam desktop will automatically check for updates on a regular basis, so the use of this option is not required to keep your properly licensed software up to date.
A Note About Auto-Updates: As noted, SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop will automatically check for updates. If there is a new version of the software available, we will attempt to download it from the SonicWALL datacenter and install the new version. This will occur silently and you will be notified when the update is completed.
Help…
Selecting this option will display this web page.
About…
Selecting the About menu option will display the About window shown below.
The buttons on the About window operate as follows:
- Support - Selecting the Support… button will take you to the SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop support page where you can enter a web-based support request.
- System Info - Selecting the System Info… button will display information related to the installation and operation of SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop. This includes the product version, modules installed, your License Key, and the value of many of the SonicWALL Anti-Spam Desktop system variables.
- Close - Will close the About window.