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March 6, 2025

Technical Tip: How to block email from a specific sender using FortiMail

  • March 6, 2025
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Description This article describes how to block email from a specific sender using FortiMail
Scope FortiMail Cloud, FortiMail.
Solution
  1. Navigate to Profile -> Group -> Email Group, create a new email group, and add the sender's email addresses to block.

 

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  1. Navigate to Policy -> Access Control -> Receiving, create a new Access Control Rule, add the email group created in Step 1, and set the action to 'Reject'.

 

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The newly created Access-Control Policy must be placed in the policy table above the currently used policy. Otherwise, the new policy will not be triggered.

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