Managing Spam With SonicWall Spam Filtering SpammanagementfortheUSCE mailsystemisdoneviathesonicwallsystem.messagescategorized asspamareautomaticallyplacedinyoursonicwalljunkbox.sonicwallsendsyouanupdateona regularbasisofwhatmessageshavebeeninterceptedandstoredinyourjunkbox.bydefault,this summaryissenttoyourinboxdaily,althoughyoucanconfigurethefrequencyofthesereports. Intheexamplebelow,NedNashreceivesaMySpamJunkSummarymessageeachday;SonicWallis reportingthat10newmessageshavebeeninterceptedinthesonicwalljunkbox. YoushouldreviewyourMySpamJunkSummaryreporteachdaytodetermineifthereareany legitimatee mailmessagescapturedinsonicwallthatyouwouldliketoreceive.ifso,thenyoucan VieworUnjunkthatmessage.WhenyouchooseUnjunk,youwillbegiventheoptiontoaddthat sendertoyourallowlistsothatalle mailmessagesfromthissenderwillbepassedontoyourinboxin thefuture.
Intheexample,below,Nedhasdecidedtounjunkthemessagewiththesubject GoodAssortmentof QualitySoftware andaddthatsendertohisallowlist. Whenyouunjunkamessage,itwillbesenttoyourinbox.NotethatNed sinboxbelownowincludes theunjunkedmessage.
IfyouwishtomakechangestohowSonicWallmanagesyourspam,youcanlogintoSonicWallat https://myspam.sc.eduasshownbeloworyoucansimplyclickonthevisitjunkboxlinklocatedatthe topright handcornerofthemyspamjunksummarymessageinyourinbox. Or
Bydefault,SonicWallcategorizesallmailinto3areas:GoodMail(whichisforwardedtoyourmailbox), LikelySpam(whichisstoredinyour'JunkBox'for15daysforyourreview/release/deletion),and definitespam(whichisdeletedbydefault). WhenyouaccessyourJunkBox,youwillseeyourcurrentJunkBoxcontents,asshownhere.Fromthis display,youcandeleteorunjunkitemscurrentlyinyourjunkbox.asyouunjunkamessagefromthis interface,thesender'saddressisautomaticallyaddedtoyourallowedlist;alle mailfromthissender willbepassedontoyourinboxinthefuture. YoushouldreviewyourJunkBoxitemsregularly(andadjustyoursettingsifneeded)untilyoubecome comfortablewithhowyoure mailishandled.
YoucanchangehowSonicWallfiltersspambychangingyourAnti Spam,Anti Phishingsettings.First, youcanconfigurewhatpeople,companies(e maildomains),andlistsareonyourallowlist.the messagessenttoyoubythesendersonyourallowlistessentiallyby passanyspamfilteringby SonicWall. AsyouUnjunkmessageslistedinyourMySpamJunkSummaryreportsandrequestthatyoualways receivemessagesfromthesesenders,thosesendersareaddedtoyourallowlist.youcanalsomanually enterthee mailaddressesofpeoplethatyouwanttoincludeonyourallowlistoronyourblocklist,as wellase maildomainsforentireorganizationsorlistserv s.
YoumayadjustthedegreetowhichSonicWallcategorizesyourspambasedonyourtolerancesand preferencesundertheanti SpamAggressivenesstab.Thedefaultsettingforeachtypeofspam messageisa4.therangeisfrom1to5,where5isthestrongestspamfiltering.thereisnoperfect settingthatfitsallusers;amildersettingmayallowsomemessagesthataretrulyspamtobepassed throughtotheinbox;astrongersettingmaytrapalegitimatee mailmessageasspam.changeyour settingsbyuncheckingadheretocorporatedefaultsandselectthenumberthatbestfitsyourbusiness profileandpreferencesforeachtypeofspam. BesuretoselectApplyChangesaftermakinganychangesonthispage.
ByselectingtheSettingsicon,youcanreview/changethesettingsforhowyourdefiniteSpamandLikely Spamwillbehandled.YoumayalsodelegateanotherusertomanageyourSpamandsettings.By default,definitespamisdeletedandyouwillnotbenotified;likelyspamwillbestoredonthesystem for15dayspriortoitsdeletion.toreviewyourspampriortoitsautomaticdeletion,youwillneedto uncheckadheretocorporatedefaultsandselectstoreinjunkboxanddeleteafter15days. BesuretoApplyChangesaftermakinganychangesonthispagetosavethechanges. ThecompleteUserGuidefortheSonicWallspammanagementsystemcanbefoundatthefollowing URL:http://www.sonicwall.com/downloads/SonicWALL_Email_Security_5.0_Users_Guide.pdf.