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Cisco AsyncOS 8.5 for Email User Guide
Appendix C Example of Mail Policies and Content Filters
Overview of Incoming Mail Policies
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Configuring the Default Anti-Spam Policies for Incoming Messages
Each row in the mail policy table represents a different policy. Each column represents a different
security service.
security service.
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To edit the default policy, click any of the links for a security service in the bottom row of the
incoming or outgoing mail policy table.
incoming or outgoing mail policy table.
In this example, you will change the anti-spam settings for the default policy for incoming mail to be
more aggressive. The default value is to quarantine positively identified and suspected spam messages,
with marketing email scanning disabled. This example shows how to change the setting so that positively
identified spam is dropped. Suspected spam continues to be quarantined. Marketing email scanning is
enabled, with marketing messages being delivered to the intended recipients. The subjects of marketing
messages will be prepended with the text
more aggressive. The default value is to quarantine positively identified and suspected spam messages,
with marketing email scanning disabled. This example shows how to change the setting so that positively
identified spam is dropped. Suspected spam continues to be quarantined. Marketing email scanning is
enabled, with marketing messages being delivered to the intended recipients. The subjects of marketing
messages will be prepended with the text
[MARKETING]
.
Procedure
Step 1
Click the link for the anti-spam security service.
Note
For default security service settings, the first setting on the page defines whether the service is
enabled for the policy. You can click “Disable” to disable the service altogether.
enabled for the policy. You can click “Disable” to disable the service altogether.
Step 2
In the “Positively Identified Spam Settings” section, change the “Action to apply to this message” to
Drop.
Drop.
Step 3
In the “Marketing Email Settings” section, click Yes to enable marketing email scanning.
If enabled, the default action is to deliver legitimate marketing messages while prepending the
subject with the text
subject with the text
[MARKETING]
.
The “Add text to message” field only accepts US-ASCII characters.
Step 4
Click Submit. Note that the summary link for the anti-spam security service in the Incoming Mail
Policies table has changed to reflect the new values.
Policies table has changed to reflect the new values.
Similar to the steps above, you can change the default anti-virus and virus outbreak filter settings
for the default policy.
for the default policy.