Symantec 11105111 - SYM MAIL SEC SMTP 5.0 SMS PORT MEDIA CD EN User Manual page 102

102 Setting your antispam policy
Configuring Symantec Premium AntiSpam
To identify suspected spam
1 On the Symantec Mail Security for SMTP administrative interface, in the
left pane, click Anti-spam Policy.
2 In the Premium AntiSpam window, on the General tab, under Suspected
spam scoring, check Treat messages that have a spam score between [ ] and
89 as suspected spam.
3 Accept the default of 72, or type a number between 25 and 89.
Lowering the default may result in false positives.
4
Click Save Changes.
To configure the reputation service
1 On the Symantec Mail Security for SMTP administrative interface, in the
left pane, click Anti-spam Policy.
2 In the Premium AntiSpam window, on the General tab, under Symantec
Reputation Service Lists, uncheck the check boxes for the lists that you do
not want to use.
Suspect List is checked by default and cannot be disabled.
To configure spam handling
1 On the Symantec Mail Security for SMTP administrative interface, in the
left pane, click Anti-spam Policy.
2
In the Premium AntiSpam window, on the General tab, under "Spam"
disposition, select one of the following:
Drop message
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Quarantine message (Spam Quarantine)
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Forward message to email address
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Deliver message
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A dropped message is accepted by the SMTP server, but it is then deleted. It
is not delivered to the addressee.