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Overview of Email features Email Policies Anti-Spam Settings - Basic Options Use this page to specify how to handle spam email messages. Table 88 Option definitions Option Spam reporting threshold Definition Specifies a spam threshold. Messages that have a spam score below the threshold are not treated as spam. Typically, a spam score of 5 or more indicates spam. You need only change this threshold if its default value is not effective. You can enter numbers with decimal fractions, for example 6.25. Default value is 5. Add a prefix to the subject line of spam messages and Prefix text When selected, adds some text that helps users to find suspicious messages in their email inbox. Default value is [spam]. Add a spam score When selected, adds an indicator to each message's Internet headers. For indicator and Indicator example, a message that has a spam score between 6 and 7 can be given an text indicator of six asterisks. This information is useful for later analysis. Default value is *. Attach a spam report When selected, adds a report to the messages, showing the names of the anti-spam rules that have triggered. We recommend that you select a spam report for initial testing only, because it can affect your server's performance. When you have collected the information, deselect the option. Verbose reporting When the spam score is at least and menus When selected, adds descriptions of the anti-spam rules. When selected, specify the main actions and any other actions to take against email that has a range of spam scores. For example, you can quarantine email with a spam score of 6 to 10, but reject other spam email. Your users will then not have to delete messages with high spam score themselves. Set When the spam score is at least to 6. Select Allow Through and Quarantine the original mail. At the next checkbox, set When the spam score is at least to 10. Select Refuse the original data ... If the action to take against email is Route to an alternate relay, you can click a Manage the list of relays link to a list of other devices that will handle the email instead. Notification and annotated email options Alert settings When clicked, opens another window where you can specify who the appliance will notify when a threat is detected. Select whether to use the default alert text when an anti-spam action triggers, or change it. McAfee Email and Web Security Appliances 5.6.0 Product Guide 119

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Anti-Spam Settings — Basic Options
Use this page to specify how to handle spam email messages.
Table 88
Option definitions
Option
Definition
Spam reporting
threshold
Specifies a spam threshold. Messages that have a spam score below the
threshold are not treated as spam.
Typically, a spam score of 5 or more indicates spam. You need only change this
threshold if its default value is not effective. You can enter numbers with
decimal fractions, for example 6.25.
Default value is 5.
Add a prefix to the
subject line of spam
messages
and
Prefix
text
When selected, adds some text that helps users to find suspicious messages in
their email inbox.
Default value is [spam].
Add a spam score
indicator
and
Indicator
text
When selected, adds an indicator to each message's Internet headers. For
example, a message that has a spam score between 6 and 7 can be given an
indicator of six asterisks. This information is useful for later analysis.
Default value is *.
Attach a spam report
When selected, adds a report to the messages, showing the names of the
anti-spam rules that have triggered.
We recommend that you select a spam report for initial testing only, because it
can affect your server's performance. When you have collected the information,
deselect the option.
Verbose reporting
When selected, adds descriptions of the anti-spam rules.
When the spam score is
at least
and menus
When selected, specify the main actions and any other actions to take against
email that has a range of spam scores.
For example, you can quarantine email with a spam score of 6 to 10, but reject
other spam email. Your users will then not have to delete messages with high
spam score themselves.
Set When the spam score is at least to 6. Select Allow Through and Quarantine
the original mail.
At the next checkbox, set When the spam score is at least to 10. Select Refuse
the original data ...
If the action to take against email is
Route to an alternate relay
, you can click a
Manage
the list of relays
link to a list of other devices that will handle the email instead.
Notification and
annotated email options
When clicked, opens another window where you can specify who the appliance
will notify when a threat is detected.
Alert settings
Select whether to use the default alert text when an anti-spam action triggers,
or change it.
Overview of Email features
Email Policies
McAfee Email and Web Security Appliances 5.6.0 Product Guide
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