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The Security Tab controls
how Top Dog deals with security threats such as suspicious attachments
and scripts.
Attachment
Blocking.
This option controls the level
of protection from attachments you would like.
The options are:
- Block all
This option will block all attachments period.
If you are not interested in receiving attachments this will provide
complete protection from viruses and 99% of all email security threats.
- Block suspicious
This is the recommended option.
If you choose this option Top Dog will protect you from any attachments
that contain executable code.
As always Top Dog will warn you if it has deleted any suspicious attachments,
tell you why they were deleted, and provide a link that you can click
on to retrieve the original email with attachments intact.
- Block dangerous
This option will protect you against very dangerous file attachments
such as PIFs, EXEs, etc.
If an attachment is not known to be dangerous then it will be allowed
through.
As always Top Dog will
warn you if it has deleted any suspicious attachments, tell you why
they were deleted, and provide a link that you can click on to retrieve
the original email with attachments intact.
- Block nothing
If you choose this option Top Dog will not block any attachments no
matter how dangerous or suspicious they are.
This is not recommend.
Web
Content.
This option tells Top Dog how
far you would like it to go to protect you from web content in your incoming
email.
Web content is also known as HTML formatting, however web content can
contain a lot more than colored text, pictures, bold fonts and the like.
It can also contain scripts, imbedded executable objects, and command
to download content from the internet.
Most people do not want all of this in their email since it opens the
door to a host of possible privacy and security holes and generally these
features is used only by spammers and scammers.
Unfortunately HTML was designed for web pages with the assumption that
if you go to a web page you want to download their content.
In the case of email this is not necessarily true.
As a result many email readers will assume you want to download content
whenever you open an HTML formatted email.
The options are:
- Convert to plain text
This is the safest option.
The disadvantage of it is that you may loose some formatting included
in the incoming email.
If you are not concerned if your email contains formatted text such
as bold fonts, color, and pictures then you should choose this option.
As always Top Dog will warn you if it has modified the email in any
way and, tell you why the email was modified, and provide a link that
you can click on to retrieve the original email before Top Dog made
any modifications.
- Make web content safe
This option removes all possibly dangerous or suspicious content from
the formatted emails.
It leaves intact any harmless formatting.
This is the recommended option if you do not want to loose formatting
since it will only screen content that is unusual and possibly dangerous.
As always Top Dog will
warn you if it has modified the email in any way and, tell you why the
email was modified, and provide a link that you can click on to retrieve
the original email before Top Dog made any modifications.
- Do not screen web content
This option is not recommended.
If you choose this option Top Dog will let through all web content no
matter how suspicious or dangerous it is.
Privacy
Protection.
Check this option to have Top
Dog protect you against possible privacy leaks by eliminating the downloading
of content when an email is opened or previewed.
This option is highly recommended as it will dramatically reduce the amount
of spam you will receive as well as make you more secure.
Email from whitelisted persons are exempt from privacy protections.
Click here
for more information on Top Dog's privacy protection.
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