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FortiGate-100A Administration Guide Version 2.80 MR7
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Spam filter
Spam filter provides configuration access to the spam filtering options you enable
when you create a firewall protection profile. While spam filters are configured for
system-wide use, you can enable the filters on a per profile basis. Spam filter can be
configured to manage unsolicited commercial email by detecting spam email
messages and identifying spam transmissions from known or suspected spam
servers.
Table 29 describes the spam filter settings and where to configure and access them.
To access protection profile spam filter options go to Firewall > Protection Profile, edit
or Create New, Spam Filtering. See “Protection profile options” on page 223.
Table 29: Spam Filter and Protection Profile spam filtering configuration
Protection Profile spam filtering options Spam filter setting
IP address FortiShield check Spam Filter > FortiShield
Enable or disable Fortinet’s antispam service:
FortiShield. This service works like an RBL
server and is continuously updated to block
spam sources.
Check the status of the FortiShield server,
view the license type and expiry date, and
configure the cache.
IP address BWL check Spam Filter > IP Address
Black/white list check. Enable or disable
checking incoming IP addresses against the
configured spam filter IP address list. (SMTP
only.)
Add to and edit IP addresses to the list. You
can configure the action to take as spam,
clear, or reject for each IP address. You can
place an IP address anywhere in the list. The
filter checks each IP address in sequence.
(SMTP only.)
RBL & ORDBL check Spam Filter > RBL & ORDBL
Enable or disable checking SMTP traffic
against configured Real-time Blackhole List
and Open Relay Database List servers.
Add to and edit RBL and ORDBL servers to
the list. You can configure the action to take
as spam or reject for email identified as spam
from each server. (SMTP only.)
HELO DNS lookup
Enable or disable checking the source domain
name against the registered IP address in the
Domain Name Server. If the source domain
name does not match the IP address the
email is marked as spam and the action
selected in the protection profile is taken.