• SonicOS 7.1
• About SonicOS
  • Working with SonicOS
  • SonicOS Workflow
  • How to Use the SonicOS Administration Guides
  • Guide Conventions
• Anti-Spam
  • About Anti-Spam
    • What is Anti-Spam?
    • Benefits
  • How Does the Anti-Spam Service Work?
    • GRID Network
      • Benefits
      • GRID Connection Management with Sender IP Reputation and Connection Management Precedence Order
    • Address and Service Objects
      • Objects Created When the Anti-Spam Service is Enabled
  • Purchasing an Anti-Spam License
• Status
• Settings
  • Activating Anti-Spam
  • Installing the Junk Store
  • Configuring Email Threat Categories
  • Configuring Access Lists
    • Configuring User-defined Access Lists
    • Adding a Host to the Access Lists
  • Configuring Advanced Settings
• Relay Domains
  • About Open Relay
  • Listing Allowed Relay Domains
• Junk Box Messages
  • Information Displayed in the Junk Box Messages Table
  • Managing Junk Box Messages
• Junk Box Settings
• Junk Box Summary
  • Managing the Junk Box Summary
• User View Setup
  • Configuring User View Setup
• Address Books
  • About the Tabs
    • Allowed Lists
    • Blocked Lists
  • Adding Items to the Allowed or Blocked List
  • Deleting Items from the Allowed or Blocked List
  • Importing Address Book Entries
  • Exporting Address Book Entries
  • Searching the Allowed and Blocked Lists
• Manage Users
  • Updating the User Table
  • Enabling Non-LDAP User Authentication
  • Viewing Users
    • Selecting the Type of User to View
    • Selecting a Server’s Users to View
    • Finding a User
  • Adding Users
    • Adding Users Manually to the User Table
    • Importing Users to the User Table
  • Signing In as a User
• LDAP Configuration
  • Adding an LDAP Server
    • Configuring LDAP Queries
    • Adding LDAP Mappings
  • Editing an LDAP Server Configuration
  • Deleting an LDAP Server
• Advanced
  • Downloading System/Log Files
  • Selecting Log Settings
• Downloads
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

How Does the Anti-Spam Service Work?

This describes the Anti-Spam feature, including the SonicWall GRID Network, and how it interacts with SonicOS as a whole. The two points of significant connection with SonicOS are Address and Service Objects. You use the address and service objects to configure the Anti-Spam feature to function smoothly with SonicOS. For example, use the Anti-Spam Service Object to configure NAT policies to archive inbound email as well as sending it through a filter.

The Comprehensive Anti-Spam Service analyzes messages’ headers and contents and uses collaborative GRID printing to block spam email.

• GRID Network
• Address and Service Objects