Anti-Spam

In the settings of the Anti-Spam Software Blade for the plan, define how email spam is handled.

You can override the Anti-Spam Software Blade settings in a plan for a specified gateway. You must first unlock the Anti-Spam Software Blade from the plan.

To configure the Anti-Spam Software Blade settings of a plan:

1. Go to Home > Plans.

2. Click the plan name.

   The Edit page opens.

3. Click Security Software Blades > Anti-Spam.

4. Select Manage in SMP.

5. Click Filter spam based on email content.

6. Set the Policy:

   • Block spam emails

   • Flag spam email subject

   • Flag spam email header

7. Set Tracking: Log, Alert (as defined in the System Settings), None.

8. To monitor Anti-Virus rule matches, select Detect-only mode. Clear this checkbox to implement Anti-Virus on the gateways.

9. Click Save.

To override the Anti-Spam settings set by a plan:

1. Go to Home > Gateways.

2. Click the gateway name.

   The Edit page opens.

3. Click Security Software Blades > Anti-Spam.

4. If the Anti-Spam settings are locked, click Unlock from plan.

5. To stop remote management of the blade, clear Manage in SMP.

6. Click Filter spam based on email content.

7. Set the Policy, Tracking, and Mode options (see above).

8. Click Save.

To connect to the appliance:

1. Go to Home > Gateways.

2. Click the gateway name.

   The Edit page opens.

3. Click Security Software Blades > Anti-Spam.

4. Click Access Gateway: Anti-Spam.

   A browser page opens and shows the progress of the SMP connection to the gateway. The appliance opens on the Anti-Spam page. You can now update the local appliance.

   Note - If a local administrator is already logged in to the appliance, click OK to override that connection. Click Cancel to cancel your login attempt.