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title: How to enable and schedule MDaemon Antivirus recursive mailbox scanning
description: MDaemon version 18 with Antivirus enabled now includes the ability to scan user mailboxes.  Mailbox scanning can be configured to be ran in a single instance, every X number of days, and/or scan messages less than X number of days old.
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# How to enable and schedule MDaemon Antivirus recursive mailbox scanning

## MDaemon version 18 with Antivirus enabled now includes the ability to scan user mailboxes. Mailbox scanning can be configured to be ran in a single instance, every X number of days, and/or scan messages less than X number of days old.

To enable mailbox scanning:

1. Open MDaemon 
2. Select **Security**
3. Select **Antivirus**
4. Select **Virus Scanning  
   ![mdaemon\_antivirus\_mailbox\_scan](https://knowledge.mdaemon.com/hs-fs/hubfs/KBAs/mdaemon_antivirus_mailbox_scan.png?width=644&name=mdaemon_antivirus_mailbox_scan.png)**
5. Check **Scan all mailboxes every 7 days**
6. Click **Configure mailbox scan** to open the menu to configure the following:  
   ![mdaemon\_antivirus\_mailbox\_scan\_options](https://knowledge.mdaemon.com/hs-fs/hubfs/KBAs/mdaemon_antivirus_mailbox_scan_options.png?width=428&name=mdaemon_antivirus_mailbox_scan_options.png)

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