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An email administrator is setting up a new Cisco Secure Email Gateway. The administrator wants to enable the blocking of greymail for the end user. Which feature must the administrator enable first?

The correct answer is C. Intelligent Multi-Scan. To enable greymail blocking on a Cisco Secure Email Gateway, the administrator must first enable Intelligent Multi-Scan (IMS) as it is the foundational engine for advanced content analysis that supports greymail detection.

Submitted by tarun92· Mar 30, 2026

Question

An email administrator is setting up a new Cisco Secure Email Gateway. The administrator wants to enable the blocking of greymail for the end user. Which feature must the administrator enable first?

Options

  • AFile Analysis
  • BIP Reputation Filtering
  • CIntelligent Multi-Scan
  • DAnti-Virus Filtering

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • C
    93% (25)
  • D
    4% (1)

Why each option

To enable greymail blocking on a Cisco Secure Email Gateway, the administrator must first enable Intelligent Multi-Scan (IMS) as it is the foundational engine for advanced content analysis that supports greymail detection.

AFile Analysis

File Analysis (e.g., via Cisco Threat Grid integration) focuses on analyzing malicious attachments for malware, not on greymail classification.

BIP Reputation Filtering

IP Reputation Filtering blocks email based on the sender's IP address reputation, which is distinct from classifying greymail content.

CIntelligent Multi-ScanCorrect

On the Cisco Secure Email Gateway (formerly ESA), Intelligent Multi-Scan (IMS) is the core engine that provides advanced threat detection, including the capability to classify and identify greymail. Enabling IMS is a prerequisite for leveraging greymail filtering features, as it uses multiple scanning technologies to categorize email types.

DAnti-Virus Filtering

Anti-Virus Filtering primarily detects known malware and viruses, which is different from identifying and blocking unsolicited but non-malicious greymail.

Concept tested: Cisco Secure Email Gateway greymail filtering

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/esa/esa14-0/user_guide/b_ESA_Admin_Guide_14_0/b_ESA_Admin_Guide_14_0_chapter_0110.html

Topics

#Cisco Secure Email Gateway#Greymail filtering#Email security features#Intelligent Multi-Scan

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