Symantec Mail Security, Administration Manual

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68 Configuring email filtering
About email filtering
The following table lists the limitations on combining actions.
Table 4-3 Compatibility of filtering actions by verdict
Action Compatibility with other actions Can be added multiple
times?
Add a header Any except Delete the message No
Add annotation Any except Delete the message One for header or one for
footer, but not both
Add BCC recipients Any except Delete the message Yes
Archive the message Any No
Bounce the message
Any
No
Clean the message Any except Delete the message No
Defer SMTP
connection Can’t be used with other actions No
Delay message delivery Any except Delete the message, Deliver message normally,
Hold the message in Spam Quarantine, Strip and delay
No
Delete the message
■
Bounce Message
■
Send Notification
■
Archive
No
Deliver message
normally Any except Delay message delivery, Delete the message,
Quarantine the message, and Strip and delay No
Deliver the message to
the recipient’s Spam
folder Any except Delete the message No
Forward the message Any except Delete the message Yes
Hold message in Spam
Quarantine Any except
■
Delay message delivery
■
Deliver the message normally
■
Delete the message
■
Strip and delay
If used with Deliver the message to the recipient’s Spam
folder, affected messages are quarantined, but if released
from Spam Quarantine, messages are delivered to the
recipient’s Spam folder.
No
Modify the Subject line Any except Delete the message One for prepend and one for
append