Fortinet white logo
Fortinet white logo

Administration Guide

Configuring an email filter profile

Configuring an email filter profile

Email filters can be configured to perform spam detection and filtering.

To configure an email filter profile:
  1. Go to Security Profiles > Email filter and click Create New.

  2. 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.

  3. Click OK.

Configuring an email filter profile

Configuring an email filter profile

Email filters can be configured to perform spam detection and filtering.

To configure an email filter profile:
  1. Go to Security Profiles > Email filter and click Create New.

  2. 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.

  3. Click OK.