MMS Notifications

MMS notifications are messages that a unit sends when an MMS profile matches content in an MM1, MM3, MM4 or MM7 session. For example, the MMS profile detects a virus or uses content blocking to block a web page, text message or email. You can send notifications to the sender of the message using same protocol and the addressing headers in the original message. You can also configure MMS notifications to send notification messages to another destination (such as a system administrator) using the MM1, MM3, MM4 or MM7 protocol.

You need to enable one or more Notification Types or you can add an Antivirus Notification List to enable sending notifications,.

You can also use MMS notifications options to configure how often notifications are sent. The unit sends notification messages immediately for the first event, then at a configurable interval if events continue to occur. If the interval does not coincide with the window of time during which notices may be sent, the unit waits to send the notice in the next available window. Subsequent notices contain a count of the number of events that have occurred since the previous notification.

There are separate notifications for each notification type, including virus events. Virus event notifications include the virus name. Up to three viruses are tracked for each user at a time. If a fourth virus is found, one of the existing tracked viruses is removed from the list.

The notifications are MM1 m-send-req messages sent from the unit directly to the MMSC for delivery to the client. The host name of the MMSC, the URL to which m-send-req messages are sent, and the port must be specified.

config firewall mms-profile

edit <name>

set avnotificationtable

config notification {mm1 | mm3 | mm4 | mm7)

set <notification options>

end

MMS Notification
avnotificationtable		Optionally select an antivirus notification list to select a list of virus names to send notifications for. The unit sends a notification message whenever a virus name or prefix in the antivirus notification list matches the name of a virus detected in a session scanned by the MMS protection profile. Select Disabled if you do not want to use a notification list. Instead of selecting a notification list you can configure the Virus ScanNotification Type to send notifications for all viruses.
msg-protocol		Select the protocol used to send notification messages. You can use a different protocol to send the notification message than the protocol on which the violation was sent. The MMS Notifications options change depending on the message protocol that you select. If you select a different message protocol, you must also enter the User Domain. If selecting MM7 you must also enter the Message Type.
detect-server		Select to use the information in the headers of the original message to set the address of the notification message. If you do not select this option, you can enter the required addressing information manually. You cannot select Detect Server Details if you are sending notification messages using a different message protocol. If you select Detect Server Details, you cannot change the Port where the notification is being sent.
mmsc-hostname		Enter the FQDN or the IP address of the server where the notifications will be sent.
mmsc-url		Enter the URL of the server. For example if the notification is going to www.example.com/home/alerts , the URL is /home/alerts. This option is available only when Message Protocol is mm1 or mm7.
mmsc-port		Enter the port number of the server. You cannot change the Port if Detect Server Details is enabled.