Personalizing Your Account

You can personalize various settings of your account using the account page.

Account names

You can change the First and Last name used to address you in any correspondence from Baruwa.

  1. Go to the Account page
  2. Click Update Account
  3. Enter First name and Last name
  4. Click the Update account button

Change Your Default Time Zone

By default your account uses the time zone setup for your domain by your domain administrator.

This option allows you change the time zone, All times in the Baruwa interface will be displayed in this time zone.

  1. Go to the the Account page
  2. Click Update Account
  3. In the Timezone drop-down menu select the time zone you want to use.
  4. Click the Update account button

Enable or Disable reports

You can enable or disable reports using this option. Reports include your daily quarantine report and a monthly usage report.

  1. Go to the the Account page
  2. Click Update Account
  3. In the Send reports checkbox, select to enable, deselect to disable
  4. Click the Update account button

Enable or Disable Spam Checks

You can choose to enable or disable Spam checks on messages destined to your account.

  1. Go to the the Account page
  2. Click Update Account
  3. In the Enable spam checks checkbox, select to enable, deselect to disable
  4. Click the Update account button

Customize Spam scores

You can customize the scores at which messages are determined to be either Spam or definite Spam.

Note

  • The Spam High score must be higher than the Spam low score
  • Setting 0.0 makes Baruwa use the Domain or system defaults.
  1. Go to the the Account page
  2. Click Update Account
  3. In the Spam low score or Spam high score input, enter the score
  4. Click the Update account button

Enable or Disable Blocking Of Documents containing Macros

You can choose to enable or disable Blocking Of Documents containing Macros Macros are the main vector used to deliver Malware and Cryptoware. The default setting is to block.

  1. Go to the the Account page
  2. Click Update Account
  3. In the Block Attachments with Macros checkbox, select to enable, deselect to disable
  4. Click the Update account button

Add Email signatures/Disclaimers

Baruwa can manage email signatures / disclaimers that are added to messages that are sent outbound through it. Both HTML and Text signatures are supported. HTML signatures support a single embedded image.

A WYSIWG Editor is used to setup the HTML signatures and it allows you to upload images that you can embed in your HTML signature.

  1. Go to the the Account page
  2. Click Add signature
  3. Select Signature type from the drop down
  4. Enter signature content
  5. Ensure the Enabled checkbox is checked
  6. Click the Add signature button

Enable User Account Two Factor Authentication

TOTP based Two Factor Authentication is supported. Any device or App that can generate TOTP tokens as well as scan QRcodes can be used. We recommend FreeOTP which is open source and developed by Redhat and available for Andriod and IOS.

This section describes enabling Two Factor Authentication for your account as a normal user. Adminstrators should follow the process at Enable Admin User Two Factor Authentication

To enable Two Factor Authentication for your account:

  1. Go to the the Account page
  2. Click Enable Two Factor Authentication
  3. Download a TOTP app to your device then, Check the Confirm you have a Two/Multi Factor Authentication app checkbox to confirm.
  4. Click the Confirm button
  5. Click the Show QRCode button
  6. Scan the QRCode on your device app
  7. Use the device/app to obtain an OTP and enter that in the One Time Password (OTP) field
  8. Click the Submit button
  9. If the supplied One Time Password (OTP) is correct Two Factor Authentication will be enabled on the account
  10. The next time you login, the One Time Password (OTP) will be requested

Disable User Account Two Factor Authentication

Normal users cannot disable their own Two Factor Authentication. Admin users can Disable Two Factor Authentication on a users behalf.

Reset User Account Two Factor Authentication

Normal users cannot reset their own Two Factor Authentication. Admin users can Reset Two Factor Authentication on a users behalf.

Mandatory User Account Two Factor Authentication

Adminstrators can set the require Two Factor Authentication option on a users account when the user logs in they are forced to perform device enrollment.

Without enrolling a device and enabling Two Factor Authentication the user will not be able to use the site.

When the user logs in the will be redirected to the app download confirmation page:

  1. Download a TOTP app to your device then, Check the Confirm you have a Two/Multi Factor Authentication app checkbox to confirm.
  2. Click the Confirm button
  3. Click the Show QRCode button
  4. Scan the QRCode on your device app
  5. Use the device/app to obtain an OTP and enter that in the One Time Password (OTP) field
  6. Click the Submit button
  7. If the supplied One Time Password (OTP) is correct Two Factor Authentication will be enabled on the account
  8. The user is then redirected to the url they accessed before being redirected
  9. The next time you login, the One Time Password (OTP) will be requested