Symantec Mail Security, Administration Manual

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113 Configuring email filtering
Managing policy resources
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You can enter multiple keywords as one phrase. Separate the keywords with
spaces.
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Up to 100 dictionaries are supported, and each dictionary can contain up to
10,000 words.
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Individual words in a dictionary cannot be set to be more or less important
than other dictionary words.
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A dictionary can be used in multiple compliance policies.
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When adding words to a dictionary, keep in mind that some words can be
considered both profane and legitimate, depending on the context.
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Symantec Mail Security does not search for dictionary matches in the HTML
headers or tags of HTML messages or HTML attachments.
To add a new dictionary
1 In the Control Center, click Policies > Dictionaries .
2 Click Add .
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In the Dictionary name box, type a name for the dictionary.
This is the name that appears on the Dictionaries page and in the drop-down
list for the
Any part of the message condition when configuring a
compliance policy.
4 Type a keyword or phrase in the Enter a word or phrase box .
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Click Add to add the keyword or phrase to the list at the bottom of the page.
6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to add more keywords as desired.
7 Click Save .
Importing dictionary keywords
You can import dictionary keywords from a newline delimited text file.
Keywords can be imported into a new, empty dictionary, or an existing
dictionary.
To import dictionary keywords
1 In the Control Center, click Policies > Dictionaries .
2 Click the dictionary that you want to import keywords into or create a new
dictionary by clicking
Add .
3 Click Import .
The dictionary keywords or phrases in the text file should be newline
delimited—each keyword or phrase should be on a separate line.