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Spam filter provides configuration access to the spam filtering options you enable 
when you create a firewall protection profile. While spam filters are configured for 
system-wide use, you can enable the filters on a per profile basis. Spam filter can be 
configured to manage unsolicited commercial email by detecting spam email 
messages and identifying spam transmissions from known or suspected spam 
servers. 

 describes the spam filter settings and where to configure and access them. 

To access protection profile spam filter options go to Firewall > Protection Profile, edit 
or Create New, Spam Filtering. See 

.

IP address BWL check

Spam Filter > IP Address

Black/white list check. Enable or disable 

checking incoming IP addresses against the 

configured spam filter IP address list. (SMTP 

only.)

Add to and edit IP addresses to the list. You 

can configure the action to take as spam, 

clear, or reject for each IP address. You can 

place an IP address anywhere in the list. The 

filter checks each IP address in sequence. 

(SMTP only.)

RBL & ORDBL check

Spam Filter > RBL & ORDBL

Enable or disable checking SMTP traffic 

against configured Real-time Blackhole List 

and Open Relay Database List servers. 

Add to and edit RBL and ORDBL servers to 

the list. You can configure the action to take 

as spam or reject for email identified as spam 

from each server. (SMTP only.)

IP address FortiShield check
Enable or disable Fortinet’s antispam IP 

address black list: FortiShield. This service 

works like an RBL server and is continuously 

updated to block spam sources. See 

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HELO DNS lookup
Enable or disable checking the source domain 

name against the registered IP address in the 

Domain Name Server. If the source domain 

name does not match the IP address the 

email is marked as spam and the action 

selected in the protection profile is taken.