Email Security console
GravityZone is regularly updating to bring new security features and improvements. These release notes highlight the changes within GravityZone Security for Email console.
Version 2.47.2
Release date: 2025.03.14
Improvements
You can now expand the CC and BCC fields when viewing additional information for a message in the Message Detail window.
General UI improvements.
Version 2.47.0
Release date: 2025.02.25
Improvements
A new navigation sidebar is now available for the Email Security console.
The Products page has been renamed to Security Modules.
Version 2.45.4
Improvements
The following settings are now available for the SecureMail feature:
External users are required to use 2FA
Send a copy of replies via SMTP
Secure messages expires in
Admin email for notifications
The following templates are available for the SecureMail feature:
SMTP Reply template
Auto Expire Notification template
User reset password finished notification
Admin reset password started notification
The following placeholders are available for the SecureMail feature:
$IPADDRESS$
$COUNTRY$
$CITY$
$DAYS$
Version 2.39.6
Release date: 2022.03.04
Improvements
The effectiveness of the Empty Body Detection value of the Body condition has been improved.
Reference headers with values larger than the RFC allowed size of 32792 are now being rejected.
Version 2.39.0
Release date: 2021.12.02
Improvements
You can now synchronize AD domains through On Premise Active Directory.
Bitdefender AD Connect software is now available for download through the GravityZone Security for Email cloud console. It is required to facilitate the new On Premise Active Directory synchronization feature.
The LinkScan feature now uses the
lsems.gravityzone.bitdefender.com
domain and has a new and improved infrastructure.
Version 2.38.5
Release date: 2021.09.02
Improvements
The Recipient Limit Per HourĀ connection condition is now available.
The Sending Limit RedirectĀ connection final action is now available.
Note
Both additions have been included to improve the Sending Limit monitoring capabilities. These will be applied automatically to new accounts if sending limits are exceeded. For more information on sending limitations refer to Bulk email terms and conditionsĀ section in the EULA.
Resolved issues
Executive Tracking Whitelist custom data is now created automatically in all situations.
Reprocessing a quarantined message no longer fails to detect DMARC.
Fixed case sensitivity issue when detecting outbound sender.
Version 2.38.0
Release date: 2021.09.30
General maintenance
Version 2.37.5
Release date: 2021.08.02
Resolved issues
Switching between Global Quarantine and Personal Quarantine no longer displays a loading mask continuously.
Final Action and Final Rule columns now have sorting disabled on Email Activity report and Quarantine list. This will be addressed in a future maintenance release.
Delivered column can now be sorted on the Email Activity report.
Enabled sorting on Sender IP, Subject, Sender Address and Size columns on the Quarantine list.
The Headers tab is now hidden if the email message has a rejected status.
Bulk Mailbox Import now correctly sets the Mailbox Type.
Note
Minimum requirements for importing a .csv file have changed.
The URL's tab is no longer missing when viewing Message Details.
Version 2.37.0
Release date: 2021.07.23
Resolved issues
Back-end updates
Version 2.36.5
Release date: 2021.06.15
Improvements
Added Sending Limit Per HourĀ condition andĀ Stop DeliverĀ action to rate limit outbound email. These will be applied automatically if sending limits are exceeded.
Version 2.36.0
Release date: 2021.06.03
Improvements
Improved Global Quarantine.
Preview Message now strips insecure scripts, clickable links and other malicious content from the message. This will provide a safer preview function to users and administrators.
Added Reprocess Messages. This feature will reprocess messages through the rules engine after tweaks or changes to rules, resulting in delivery of messages that may have been previously incorrectly quarantined.
Added the Download Attachments option for quarantined message.
Messages with medium or high spam scores now have color coded entries.
The name of the ruleĀ that resulted in quarantine action now visible when displaying quarantined messages.
Version 2.35.6
Release date:Ā 2021.10.05
Resolved issues
Improved Spam Safe List & Spam Deny List validation.
Improved DKIM verification.
Version 2.35.5
Release date:Ā 2021.05.05
Improvements
Added DKIM activation and verification to theĀ DomainsĀ configuration section. DKIM no longer requires manual activation by your service provider and will activate automatically once at least one DKIM public key can be verified for a domain.
RenamedĀ Global Safe ListĀ toĀ Spam Safe List.
RenamedĀ Global Deny ListĀ toĀ Spam Deny List.
Version 2.35.2
Release date: 2021.04.19
Improvements
New feature added: SecureMail for GravityZone Security for Email - SecureMail allows users to send an email message that can only be viewed and responded to from within a secure web based dashboard.
Notifications now available for licenses about to expire.
Version 2.35.0
Release date: 2021.03.29
Resolved issues
Prefix to Subject action no longer applies to an email if the final action is Quarantine.
Fixed SPF failure when a CIDR is specified as domain name part.
DKIM now inserts incorrect bh= hash.
Fixed File Type detection false positives.
Version 2.34.2
Release date: 2021.02.15
Improvements
InĀ Email ActivityĀ andĀ Quarantine, added the received/sent date to theĀ Message DetailĀ view.
InĀ Email Activity,Ā theĀ Filter RuleĀ andĀ Filter ActionĀ column background colors are now tied toĀ Delivery StateĀ for clearer indication that a mail has been delayed or rejected.
Added aĀ CopyĀ button theĀ Message DetailĀ view to easily copy the message GUID.
Added theĀ Own Sender DomainĀ connection rule condition
Resolved issues
When trying to schedule a chart, the correct PDF option is now available to select as the output format.
Improved error message when trying to deleteĀ Custom Rule DataĀ if it is in use by a rule.
Version 2.34.1
Release date: 2021.01.22
Resolved issues
The Quarantine subject field now supports Greek and Cyrillic characters rather than displaying question marks.
Version 2.33.0
Release date: 2020.12.17
Resolved issues
Custom quarantine names are now limited to 32 characters.
Version 2.31.1
Release date: 2020.01.06
Resolved issues
Minor cosmetic fixes
Version 2.31.0
Release date: 2020.11.02
Improvements
Added support for synchronizing shared mailboxes from Azure Active Directory with Exchange Online. Additional permissions must be granted to allow access to the shared mailbox properties.
Resolved issues
Azure Active Directory syncĀ - fixed a spurious issue where some Azure Active Directory synchronizations failed due to a "nextLink" error from the Graph API.
Version 2.30.0
Release date: 2020.08.13
Improvements
Added a Scan Office Files condition which allows Custom Rule Data to be used to scan Microsoft Office files for patterns (excluding PDF).
Resolved issues
The validation on the Custom Rule Data text entry fields has been relaxed, allowing for larger entries to be saved.
It is no longer possible to use reserved words such as
spam
andvirus
in a Custom Quarantine name.
Version 2.29.2
Release date: 2020.03.06
Improvements
Added ability for the end-user to receive spam digest emails with the following actions possible:
Preview spam message
Release message from personal quarantine
Add to safe list (safe sender, safe domain or safe IP)
Add to deny list (deny sender, deny domain, deny IP)
Added aĀ Global Digest SettingsĀ screen for configuring when the Spam Digest email will be sent.
Added a Digest & Branding section withinĀ Product ConfigurationĀ to enable customization of the Spam Digest email.
Resolved issues
Support for UTF-8 characters in the Notify Recipient and Notify Sender actions
Version 2.29.1
Release date: 2020.05.12
Improvements
Added the option to Send Copy ToĀ from the Global Quarantine, allowing a quarantined message to be sent to a different recipient for analysis.
Added a new Header ExistsĀ condition to check for the presence of a message header using exact matching or regular expressions.
Added detection of password-protected PDF documents to the default Password Protected AttachmentĀ rule.
Resolved issues
Fixed a regression that allowed a system rule to be editable.
Fixed the description for the AD Group condition.
Improved the placeholder text for the Sender IP filter
Prefix HTMLĀ Action description typo.
Re-Route ToĀ Action description typo.
Version 2.24.5
Release date: 2020.01.14
Improvements
Enhanced the checks on license validity.
Report downloading requires the recipient to verify their email address first. Once confirmed, they can download reports directly from the link received by email.
Resolved issues
Users logged in with third party credentials could not save Combined Chart reports.
Other minor improvements and bug fixes.
Version 2.23.0 (initial)
Release date: 2019.10.29Ā
GravityZone Security for Email includes the following features:
Policy Engine is an out of the box system to control email delivery and filter messages through a comprehensive rule builder.
Connection Rules monitors connection attempt to and from mailboxes.
Email Authentication supports SPF, DKIM, and DMARC.
User Synchronization manages Active Directory users and groups.
Mailbox Synchronization synchronizes Microsoft Azure Active Directory.
Antispam technologies detect spam and sophisticated targeted phishing attacks.
Antimalware uses security content and behaviour to detect malware.
Quarantine uses a company-wide policy.
Safe and Deny Lists configures individual and company-wide lists.
Executive Tracking List detects usersā real names within the header and envelope address fields to protect against impersonation attacks.
Disclaimer adds an HTML text disclaimer to outbound emails.
Reports and ChartsĀ provide detailed visibility of mail flow, triggered rules, and taken actions.
Scheduled Reports linkĀ reports to schedules and sends alerts to recipients.