Symantec 10490452 Administration Guide - Page 85

Configuring email filtering 85 Creating virus, spam, and compliance filter policies deleted. You may want to change the default setting for unscannable messages if you are concerned about losing important messages. See Table 4-5, "Virus categories and default actions," on page 75. Creating spam policies Using the Spam Policies page, you can add, edit, copy, delete, and enable or disable spam policies. To add a spam policy 1 In the Control Center, click Policies > Spam. 2 Click Add. 3 In the Policy name box, type a name for the spam policy. This name appears on the Spam Policies page, and on the Spam tab when configuring a Group Policy. Compliance, spam, and virus policy names must be unique. For example, if you have a compliance policy called XYZ, you can't have a spam or virus policy called XYZ. 4 Under Apply to, choose where this spam policy should be available: ■ Inbound messages ■ Outbound messages ■ Inbound and Outbound messages This determines where this spam policy is available on the Spam tab when configuring a Group Policy. For example, if you choose Inbound messages and the spam condition, this spam policy is only available in the Inbound spam policy drop-down list when configuring a Group Policy. 5 Under Groups, check one or more groups to which this policy should apply. You can also add a spam policy to a group on the Spam tab of the Edit Group page. 6 Under Conditions, select one of the following three conditions: If the message is Spam Perform the specified action if a message is determined to be spam. If the message is Suspected Spam Perform the specified action if a message might be spam. The suspected spam level is adjustable on the Spam Settings page. If the message is Spam or Suspected Spam Perform the specified action if a message contains either spam or suspected spam.