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

1. Go to Email Archiving > Policy > Exempt Policy.

GUI item	Description
Move (button)	Click a policy to select it, click Move, then select either: 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 FortiMail units match the policies in sequence, from the top of the list downwards.
Status	To enable an email archiving exemption policy, mark its check box.
ID	Displays the identification numbers of the policy. IDs are generated by the FortiMail unit.
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..
Account (column)	Displays the email archive account names.
Pattern	Displays the pattern that the FortiMail unit will use when evaluating email for a match with the policy.

2. Click New to add an entry or double-click an entry to modify it.

A dialog appears.

3. From the Account dropdown 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.
4. In Policy type, select one of the following on which to base the exemption:

• 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.

In Pattern, specify what attributes the messages must have to be exempted from the archive. Enter a pattern for the selected policy type, such as *@example.com. If you select Spam emails as the policy type, no pattern is required.

Enable Policy status.

Click Create.