Configuring Email Threat Categories

After activating Anti-Spam, set your preferences. After these are configured, your email is filtered and sorted according to your configuration.

To set default settings for users’ messages

1. On the POLICY | Anti-Spam > Settings page, scroll to the Email Threat Categories section.

   

2. Choose default settings for messages that contain or may contain spam, phishing, and virus issues; see Email Threat Category Settings: Options for options available in the drop-down menus:

   • Likely Spam (default: Store in Junk Box)
   • Definite Spam (default: Permanently Delete)
   • Likely Phishing (default: Tag with [LIKELY_PHISHING])
   • Definite Phishing (default: Store in Junk Box)
   • Likely Virus (default: Store in Junk Box)

   • Definite Virus (default: Permanently Delete)

     Email Threat Category Settings: Options

     Category	Action
     Filtering off	Anti-Spam does not scan and filter any email for this threat category, so all the email messages are delivered to the recipients.
     Tag With [TAG]	The email is tagged with a term in the subject line: [LIKELY_SPAM] [SPAM] [LIKELY_PHISHING] [PHISHING] [LIKELY_VIRUS] [VIRUS] Selecting this option allows the user to have control of the email and can junk it if it is unwanted.
     Store in Junk Box	The email message is stored in the Junk Box. It can be unjunked by users and administrators with appropriate permissions.
     Permanently Delete	The email message is permanently deleted. If you select this option, your organization risks losing wanted email.

   If you are using more than one domain, choose the Multiple Domains option and contact SonicWall or your SonicWall reseller for more information.

3. Click Accept.