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122 Setting your antispam policy
Blocking by custom spam rules
Blocking by custom spam rules
You can create spam rules to be used for processing. The operators that are
allowed to separate terms are AND, OR, and NOT. (NOT implies AND NOT.) The
terms AND and OR cannot be mixed within a single filtering statement. Multiple
NOT operators are allowed within a single filtering statement. AND can also be
delimited by a comma. By selecting All of these terms or Any of these terms
from the menu, the operators are determined. (All of these terms=AND. Any of
these terms=OR.)
To block by custom spam rules
1
On the Symantec Mail Security for SMTP administrative interface, in the
left pane, click Anti-spam Policy.
2
In the Spam Rules window, on the Status tab, select Enable message body
scanning for both Spam and Content Violation Rules.
3
Click Save Changes.
4
On the Spam tab, under Spam filtering rules, click Add.
5
Under Custom filtering rule definition, select Enable this custom filtering
rule.
6
In the drop-down list, select one of the following:
All of these terms
■
Any of these terms
■
7
In the Identify messages that contain box, type one or more terms to be
used for filtering.
Separate all terms with commas. If you are typing phrases, type all words in
the phrase without commas between them.
Terms are not case-sensitive by default.
All characters (including whitespaces) are matched literally except for the
following:
*
Matches 0 or more characters
?
Matches exactly one character
\
Escapes any special meaning for * and ?
The maximum number of terms within a single rule is 50. The maximum
number of spam and content rules combined is 100.
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