Configuring an email filter profile
Email filters can be configured to perform spam detection and filtering.
To configure an email filter profile:
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Go to Security Profiles > Email filter and click Create New.
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Configure the following settings:
Name
Enter a unique name for the profile.
Comments
Enter a comment (optional).
Enable spam detection and filtering
Enable/disable spam detection and filtering.
Spam Detection by Protocol
Configure settings for SMTP, POP3, IMAP, and MAPI protocols.
See Protocols and actions and Filtering order for more information.
FortiGuard Spam Filtering
The FortiGate consults FortiGuard servers to help identify spammer IP address or emails, known phishing and spam URLs, known spam email checksums, and others.
See FortiGuard-based filters for more information.
Local Spam Filtering
Enable and configure local spam filters.
See Local-based filters for more information.
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Click OK.