Creating a message queue

Administrator Help | Forcepoint Email Security | Version 8.4.x

Use the following steps to create a new message queue on the Main > Message Management > Message Queues page:

Click Add below the Queue List to open the Add Queue page.

Enter a name for the new queue in the Queue name field.

Select the location for this queue's storage.

Use Local to store the queue locally.

Select Via Network File System (NFS) to use the NFS protocol for file storage. Enter the IP address or hostname of the storage location, along with its shared path.


	Note NFS version 3 or later is supported.

Select Via Samba to use Samba to facilitate file storage. Enter the following information for Samba:

IP address or hostname of the storage location

Its shared path

Username

Password

Configure the maximum number of days a message is retained in the queue, from 1 to 180 days, in the Maximum message retention field. Default is 180 for default queues, 30 for administrator-created queues.

Configure the maximum queue size, from 1 to 51200 MB (default is 1024).

For an appliance in a cluster, specify the maximum storage size (in MB) assigned to each cluster machine.

Changing message queue properties

To change a message queue's properties, click Edit in the Queue List Properties column for that queue to open the Edit Queue page.