Admin settings
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## Admin settings

You reach Admin settings by clicking on "General settings (Admin only)" in the webmail-module, then click on "General Settings"

Don't allow users to create new accounts:

  Use this option to prevent users from creating their own accounts.

Disable public folders:

  Enabling this option makes users unable to use public folders. (This option may be needed for service providers that don't want every client to share emails)

Secure HTML E-mails:

  Filters all emails with inline html-content. Most viruses contain javascript-code or redirect using iframes, etc. That's why some tags are simply filtered with this option:

  - All <script>*</script>, <applet>*</applet>, <object>*</object>

  - also <iframe>*</iframe>, <frame>, <frameset>*</frameset>

  - and <base> and <link>

  If you are programming viruses and want to test them, please unset this option or use M$ Outlook (Express).

Don't download external images:

  When viewing html-mails (e.g. newsletters) external images are not downloaded. Most companies use these images to implement a disposition notification for their spam mails.

Enable Downloading a mail as .eml file:

  This enables th ecomplete download of an email as .eml-file in the preview pane. (by clicking on structure inside the preview pane)

Disabled file extensions:

  Most viruses are sent via email including infected attachments. To block attachments you don't need, you can define its extensions. e.g. to block all .exe and .vbs-files type: .exe, .vbs

  Be aware the whole email is still fetched from your mail-server to the mgw-server, the unwanted attachments are only blocked for downloading to your computer.

Scan all ciritical attachments for viruses:

  Perform a scan for viruses of all critical attachments before downloading them. (Those attachments that are critical or not are listed in `modules/webmail2/inc/mime_types.php`)

System-path of your virus scanner:

  When scanning attachments for viruses you need to define the location of your virus-scanner. (e.g. `/usr/local/f-prot/f-prot` for Windows & F-Prot or `c:/scan/scan.exe` for McAfee-Commandline-Scanner for Windows)

Virus Scanner:

  Defines the type of your virus-scanner.

  - Supported Virus-Scanners are: F-Prot for Linux (executable: f-prot)

  - F-Prot for Windows (executable: fpcmd.exe)

  - McAfee for Linux (executable: uvscan)

  - McAfee for Windows (executable: scan.exe)

  - Kaspersky AV Linux (executable: kavscanner)

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