Link Shorteners and Re-Directions

Click-Time Protection exceptions apply only to the URLs written in the email and its attachments.

If an email contains a shortened link or a link that automatically redirects to one of the URLs/domains in the exception lists, the link in the email will not be excluded.However, these links will be re-written and inspected, and access to them will be enforced based on the inspection result and policy, as if they were not part of any exception list.

For example, if a domain domain.com is in the block list and the email contains the shortened link bit.ly/12345 that redirects to domain.com, the link will be re-written and inspected like any other link and users clicking on the link will not be automatically blocked from accessing the website.