G DATA Mail Protection

Exporting and Importing Settings

You can export the G DATA Mail Protection settings and import them again later.

G DATA Mail Protection Import and Export

Exporting

Use the toggles to select which settings to export:

  • Mail server settings,

  • Users

  • Filter settings (malware and spam) and quarantine settings.

The export creates an unencrypted .json file in your Downloads folder. If you enable the *Encrypt output toggle, an encrypted *.enc file is created instead.

If you enable the Encrypt output toggle, a secure password consisting of letters and numbers is displayed on the screen.

Be sure to keep this password! Without it, you cannot import the exported file again. For reasons related to the Privacy policy, the password is not stored in the G DATA Web Portal either.

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G DATA Mail Protection Password

Importing

Use the toggles to select which settings to import:

  • Mail server settings,

  • Users:

    • If a user exists in the current database but not in the backup file, the existing user remains unchanged. The user is not deleted.

    • If a user exists in the current database and in the backup file, the user settings from the backup file are applied. The current settings are overwritten.

    • If a user exists only in the backup file, the user is added to the current database. The user is initially imported. However, if the user does not have a valid mailbox in Exchange, the user is automatically removed again after synchronization with the Exchange server.

  • Filter settings (malware and spam) and quarantine settings.

You can import a *.json file created by an export or an encrypted *.enc file.

To import an *.enc file, enter the password that was displayed when the file was created.

The settings are imported as soon as you click the Import configuration button. The existing settings are overwritten immediately!