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jandrysek
Staff
Staff
Article Id 398640
Description This article describes how to block emails with a specific pattern in the email subject.
Scope FortiMail.
Solution

Navigate to Profile -> Content and create a new profile by using the button '+ New'.

 

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In the Content Profile, set a name, action, and in the Content Monitor and Filtering, select '+ New' to create a new Dictionary entry.

 

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Create a new dictionary:

 

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Set a Dictionary name and create a new Dictionary Entry:

 

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Set a pattern word or a regex pattern that should be detected. For a pattern word, select the Pattern type: Wildcard.

Enable: 'Search header':

 

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Select 'Create' for all the windows.

Navigate to the Policy -> Recipient Policy and select the created Content profile in the Recipient Policy.

 

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Result:

When the email with the word 'Spam' arrives at FortiMail, the email is quarantined because the subject includes the word 'Spam':

 

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