Configuring the block list action

Configuring antispam settings : Configuring the block lists and safe lists : Configuring the block list action

The Blocklist Action tab lets you configure the action to take if an email message arrives from a blocklisted domain name, email address, or IP address.

The FortiMail unit will apply this action to email matching system-wide, per-domain, and per-session profile block lists.


	For the personal level block lists, the only option is to discard. For more information, see “Configuring the personal block lists and safe lists”.

To access this part of the web UI, your administrator account’s access profile must have Read or Read-Write permission to the Block/Safe List category. For details, see “About administrator account permissions and domains”.


	Domain administrators can configure the block list action, and therefore could affect domains other than their own. If you do not want to permit this, do not provide Read-Write permission to the Block/Safe List category in domain administrators’ access profile.

To configure block list actions

1. Go to AntiSpam > Block/Safe List > Blocklist Action.

2. Select one of the following:

• Reject: Reject delivery of the email and respond to the SMTP client with SMTP reply code 550 (Relaying denied).

• Discard: Accept the email, but silently delete it and do not deliver it. Do not inform the SMTP client.

• Use AntiSpam profile setting: Use the actions configured in the antispam profile that you selected in the policy that matches the email message. For more information on actions, see “Configuring antispam action profiles”.

3. Click Apply.