Add a POP-IMAP scan policy

With POP-IMAP scan policies, you can specify filter criteria for senders’ and recipients’ emails. You can warn recipients based on a criteria match in emails.

  1. Go to Email > Policies, click Add a policy and click POP-IMAP scan.
  2. Enter a name.
  3. Specify the senders’ and recipients’ email address groups or domain groups. Specify an exact match or keyword match.
  4. Specify the filter criteria based on which the policy applies the specified action.
    OptionDescription

    Inbound email is

    Criteria for spam, probable spam, virus outbreak, or probable virus outbreak

    Source IP/network address

    Sender’s IP address or network address

    Message size

    Upper or lower limit of email size for scanning

    Message header

    Header criteria

    For Other, enter the details.

    Specify an exact match or keyword match. Specify the keyword.

    None

    XG Firewall applies the action that you specify to all emails between the specified senders and recipients.
  5. Select the action.
    OptionDescription
    Accept Delivers email
    Prefix subject Adds prefix to subject and delivers email.
    Note You can specify a prefix that indicates the filter criteria. For example, if you specify the prefix “Probable spam” to the subject “Test email”, recipients receive an email with the subject “Probable spam: Test email”.
  6. Click Save.