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Email filtering
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Table 55: Email filtering and Protection Profile email filtering configuration (Continued)
Protection Profile Email filtering options
Enable or disable checking email traffic
against configured DNS Blackhole List
(DNSBL) and Open Relay Database List
(ORDBL) servers (SMTP and SMTPS).
HELO DNS lookup
Enable or disable checking the source
domain name against the registered IP
address in the Domain Name Server. If the
source domain name does not match the IP
address the email is marked as spam and
the action selected in the protection profile is
taken.
E-mail address BWL check
Enable or disable checking incoming email
addresses against the configured spam filter
email address list.
Return e-mail DNS check
Enable or disable checking incoming email
return address domain against the registered
IP address in the Domain Name Server. If
the return address domain name does not
match the IP address the email is marked as
spam and the action selected in the
protection profile is taken.
MIME headers check
Enable or disable checking source MIME
headers against the configured spam filter
MIME header list.
Banned word check
Enable or disable checking source email
against the configured spam filter banned
word list.
Spam Action
FortiGuard Email Filtering (also called the FortiGuard Antispam Service)
Email Filter setting
Add or remove DNSBL and ORDBL servers to and
from the list. You can configure the action to take as
spam or reject for email identified as spam from
each server (SMTP and SMTPS).
DNSBL and ORDBL configuration can only be
changed using the command line interface. For
more information, see the
n/a
UTM > Email Filter > E-mail Address
Add to and edit email addresses to the list, with the
option of using wildcards and regular expressions.
You can configure the action as spam or clear for
each email address. You can place an email
address anywhere in the list. The filter checks each
email address in sequence.
n/a
Command line only
Add to and edit MIME headers, with the option of
using wildcards and regular expressions. You can
configure the action for each MIME header as spam
or clear.
DNSBL and ORDBL configuration can only be
changed using the command line interface. For
more information, see the
UTM> Email Filter > Banned Word
Add to and edit banned words to the list, with the
option of using wildcards and regular expressions.
You can configure the language and whether to
search the email body, subject, or both. You can
configure the action to take as spam or clear for
each word.
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