Configuring email archiving exemptions
After setting up email archiving policies, use the Exempt Policy tab to prevent the FortiMail unit from archiving certain email.
To view and configure archiving exemptions
- Go to Email Archiving > Policy > Exempt Policy.
- Up or Down, or
- After or Before, which opens a dialog, then in Move right after or Move right before indicate the policy’s new location by entering the ID of another policy
- Click New to add an entry or double-click an entry to modify it.
- From the Account drop-down list, select the archive account that you want to apply the exemption to. Click New to create an archive account or Edit to edit an account.
- In Policy type, select one of the following on which to base the exemption:
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GUI item |
Description |
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Move (button) |
Click a policy to select it, click Move, then select either: FortiMail units match the policies in sequence, from the top of the list downwards. |
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Status |
To enable an email archiving exemption policy, mark its check box. |
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ID |
Displays the identification numbers of the policy. IDs are generated by the FortiMail unit. |
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Type |
Displays the policy type. The three types are pre-defined. See step In Policy type, select one of the following on which to base the exemption: of Click New to add an entry or double-click an entry to modify it.. |
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Account (column) |
Displays the email archive account names. |
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Pattern |
Displays the pattern that the FortiMail unit will use when evaluating email for a match with the policy. |
A dialog appears.
- Sender: The FortiMail unit checks the sender email address for the specified pattern. Use an asterisk (
*) wildcard when specifying a partial address. - Recipient: The FortiMail unit checks the recipient email address for the specified pattern. Use an asterisk (
*) wildcard when specifying a partial address. - Spam Email: The FortiMail unit does not archive email it determines as spam. The spam email includes email detected by antispam profiles and email detected by content profiles which have the “Treat as spam” action enabled.
*@example.com. If you select Spam emails as the policy type, no pattern is required.