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Configuring Anti-Spam Based on MIME Headers

This section describes how to configure anti-spam based on the field name and field body specified in an MIME header.

Prerequisites

An MIME header group has been configured. For configuration details, see Setting a MIME Header Group.

Procedure

  1. Choose Object > Security Profiles > Email Filtering.
  2. Click the Email Content Filtering tab.
  3. Click Add.
  4. Set the name and description of a mail filtering profile.

    Parameter

    Description

    Name

    Enter the name of a mail filtering profile. The name, which must be unique, is displayed in the parameter list of mail filtering during the configuration of security policies.

    Description

    Enter the description of the mail filtering profile. The description must clearly indicate the function of the profile to make profiles easy to find and maintain.

  5. Click the MIME Header Group tab.
  6. Click Add.
  7. Configure the MIME header group and action referenced in the mail filtering profile.

    Parameter

    Description

    MIME Header Group

    Enter the name of the MIME header group.

    Protocol

    • Any: control on SMTP, POP3, and IMAP
    • Specify Protocol: separate control on SMTP, POP3, and IMAP

    Action

    • Alert: The system permits the email and generates a log.
    • Declare: The system permits the email, adds declaration to the mail body, and generates a log.
    • Block: The system blocks the email and generates a log.

  8. Click OK.
  9. Reference multiple MIME header groups by repeating the preceding steps.
  10. Click OK.
  11. Reference the mail filtering profile in a security policy. For details on how to configure security policies, see Configuring a Security Policy Using the Web UI.
  12. Click Submit.

    The configuration does not take effect immediately after you create or modify the profile. You must click Submit on the upper right of the interface to apply the configuration. To save time, you can commit the configuration after all operations on the profile are complete.

Follow-up Procedure

Check or release the reference between the security policy and profile.
  1. To check for profile that is referenced by security policies, click View under References in the list of profile.

  2. To release the reference between the security policy and profile, choose the security policy and click Release.

    Click Release All, you can release all the references.

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