About Spamblocker Exceptions; Create Exceptions; Change The Order Of Exceptions - Watchguard Firebox X15 User Manual

About spamBlocker exceptions

You can create an exception list to the general spamBlocker actions that is based on the sender's address. For
example, if you want to allow a newsletter that spamBlocker identifies as Bulk email, you can add that sender
to the exception list and use the Allow action regardless of the spamBlocker category the sender is assigned
to. Or, if you want to apply a tag to a sender that spamBlocker designates as safe, you can add that to the
exceptions list as well.
Make sure you use the sender's actual address that is listed in the Mail-From field in the email message header,
which may not match the address in the From: field that you see at the top of the email message. To get the
actual address for an exception, get the full email message header (from Microsoft Outlook, with the message
open, select
View > Options and look in the Internet headers box). The addresses of the sender and recipient are in these
lines:
X-WatchGuard-Mail-From:
X-WatchGuard-Mail-Recipients:
Use care when you add wildcards to an exception. Spammers can spoof header information. The more specific
the addresses in your exception list, the more difficult it will be to spoof them.
To change the order of the rules listed in the dialog box, see

Create exceptions

To add sender or recipient exceptions to spamBlocker actions:
1. From the drop-down list beneath the Action column, select Allow or Add a subject tag.
2. In the text box below the Sender column, type the sender email address. You can use the asterisk (*)
as a wild card. For example, if you type
sent from the WatchGuard domain. You can also type only an asterisk in the text box if the exception
applies to any sender.
3. In the text box below the Recipient column, type the recipient email address. You can use the
asterisk(*) as a wild card. For example, if you type
email address sent to the WatchGuard domain. You can also type only an asterisk in the text box if the
exception applies to any sender.
4. If you select Add a subject tag as the action, type a tag in the text box below the Subject Tag column.
This tag is added to the subject line of email messages that match this exception.
5. Click Add to enter the exception.
6. You can highlight an exception and click Remove to remove the exception.
7. You can change the precedence of the exception list. Select an exception, and then click Up or Down
to adjust the precedence of that exception. For more information, see
8. Click Submit.

Change the order of exceptions

The order that the exception rules are listed in the dialog box shows the order in which email messages are
compared to the rules. The proxy compares messages to the first rule in the list and continues in sequence
from top to bottom. When a message matches a rule, the Firebox performs the related action. It performs no
other actions, even if the message matches a rule or rules later in the list.
To change the order of rules, select the rule whose order you want to change. Click the Up or Down button to
move the rule up or down in the list.
User Guide
Change the order of
, the exception refers to any email address
*@watchguard.com
*@watchguard.com
spamBlocker
exceptions.
, the exception refers to any
Change the order of exceptions.
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