Email Protection Administrator Guide
Configure a Spam Filter
November 2012
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Note:
Emails that match keywords but are allowed will be reported as
Other
in the
Threats: Spam
report.
•
Tag the message subject with "[SPAM]"
– The phrase "[SPAM]" is added to the
subject line of the email at the beginning of the subject text and the email is sent to the
recipient email address.
•
Encrypt Message
– is also available for Outbound content groups, if the Customer
has subscribed to Encryption.
•
Silent Copy
– allows you to forward a copy of the original message. To send a copy,
select a predefined distribution list from the drop-down.
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Content List
the content keywords needed to define your Custome Content Group.In
the
Content
field, type any keywords you want to search for in email. Use the
following rules for entering keywords.
•
Each entry must be on its own line (separated by a hard return).
•
If an entry contains multiple words, the entire phrase is used as a literal string (
as
is
).
•
If individual words are desired, each word must be on its own line.
•
Letter-case (for example, upper case or lower case) is ignored.
•
The wildcards question mark (?) and asterisk (*) can be used to designate the
following:
— ? – designates any single character, including white space characters (for
example, menu, space, line break, etc.).
— For example,
w?y
would catch
way
,
why
, and
w y
.
— * – at the end of the string designates multiple characters until a white space
character is encountered.
For example,
refi
* would catch
refinance
,
refinancing
and
refine
.
— * – followed by a literal character designates multiple characters, including
white space characters, until the designated character is encountered.
For example,
refi*d
would catch
refinanced
, but would also catch
refinishing
is a great way to save
d
.
— If the literal asterisk or question mark is desired, it must be preceded by a
backslash (for example,
\*
or
\?
).
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For example,
why\?
(without quotes) would catch the string
why?
and the question
mark would not be used as a wildcard.Click the
Enable
checkbox to turn on the spam
content group.
10 Click
Save
for the new spam content group.
11 Click
Save
for the policy or continue to the
Reporting
tab.
To change a policy’s existing spam content group, click
Edit
.
