Main Action

Configure the main action.

From the drop-down list in the Message actions section, select the action to be taken if this rule is triggered:
  • Continue Processing to continue processing the message.
  • Deliver Immediately to deliver the message immediately to the intended recipient(s) without triggering any subsequent policy rules.
  • Discard to immediately discard the message.
  • Honour TXT record to apply the action specified in the DNS txt record of the sender domain.
  • Quarantine to quarantine the message. Select a reason for quarantining the message from the Quarantine for reason drop-down list in the Configuration section.
    Note Only messages quarantined for the reason "spam" and "bulk message" are accessible through the web quarantine and will be included in email quarantine summaries.
  • Quarantine and continue to quarantine a copy of the message, then continue processing the message. Select a reason for quarantining the message from the Quarantine for reason drop-down list in the Configuration section.
  • Quarantine, drop file(s) and continue to quarantine a copy of the message, drop any offending attachments, then continue processing the message. Select a reason for quarantining the message from the Quarantine for reason drop-down list in the Configuration section.
  • Redirect to redirect the message to a specified email address. The original recipients will not receive the message. Specify the email address to which you want to redirect the mail to in the Redirect email address text box in the Configuration section.
  • Re-route message to another server to send the message to another mail server. The message body, and the original sender and recipient information will be preserved, but the original recipients will not receive the message. To specify the mail server to which you want to redirect the message, enter its hostname or IP address in the Server text box, and the port number in the Port text box in the Configuration section.
  • Send a copy of the message to another server to send the message to the original destination, and a copy of the message to another mail server. The message body and the original sender and recipient information will be preserved. To specify the mail server to which you want to send a copy of the message, enter its hostname or IP address in the Server text box, and the port number in the Port text box in the Configuration section.
  • Tag subject and continue to tag the subject line of the message with the specified text, after which the email appliance will continue to process the message.
    Note You can include the original subject of the message by using the %%SUBJECT%% template variable.
After you have added or deleted message attributes:
  • Click Save to save your changes, and exit the Policy Wizard.
  • Click Previous or Next to move backward and forward in the wizard.
  • Click Cancel to exit the Policy Wizard without saving your changes.