Policy

Turn on e-mail scanning

This policy setting allows you to configure e-mail scanning. When e-mail scanning is enabled, the engine will parse the mailbox and mail files, according to their specific format, in order to analyze the mail bodies and attachments. Several e-mail formats are currently supported, for example: pst (Outlook), dbx, mbx, mime (Outlook Express), binhex (Mac). Email scanning is not supported on modern email clients. If you enable this setting, e-mail scanning will be enabled. If you disable or do not configure this setting, e-mail scanning will be disabled.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Windows Components / Microsoft Defender Antivirus / Scan
Policy ID 60475b3012aa
Internal name Scan_DisableEmailScanning

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan\DisableEmailScanning (enabled) = 0
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Scan\DisableEmailScanning (disabled) = 1

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to configure e-mail scanning. When e-mail scanning is enabled, the engine will parse the mailbox and mail files, according to their specific format, in order to analyze the mail bodies and attachments. Several e-mail formats are currently supported, for example: pst (Outlook), dbx, mbx, mime (Outlook Express), binhex (Mac). Email scanning is not supported on modern email clients. If you enable this setting, e-mail scanning will be enabled. If you disable or do not configure this setting, e-mail scanning will be disabled.

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