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Is is possible to enable Outbound SPAM, but log only?
Question asked by Aftab Hussain - 1/18/2016 at 5:47 AM
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As the title, is it possible to configure Outbound spam filtering, but log only? SM 13.6

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Matt Petty Replied
1/18/2016 at 8:10 AM
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You could try making a content filter for prefix subject field, leave that blank. Give it a name. This will cause it to still print to the log and will add effectively nothing to the subject, since it was blank.
Matt Petty Senior Software Developer SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com
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Aftab Hussain Replied
1/19/2016 at 7:32 AM
Won't this affect the inbound spam filtering then, for example if I edit the Bayesian filter to prefix the subject line on the high probability setting, then it will allow high probability spam to be delivered? Can I create a new filter that use Bayesian filtering and set it for outbound only?
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Matt Petty Replied
1/19/2016 at 8:26 AM
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I am sorry, I misread your original question. We do not check outgoing spam at all.
Matt Petty Senior Software Developer SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com
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Aftab Hussain Replied
1/19/2016 at 8:55 AM
Oh, what is the Outbound spam filtering for?
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Matt Petty Replied
1/19/2016 at 9:45 AM
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I'm sorry the spam settings do let you do outbound filtering. We do not have a log only option. One option right now is to have it quarantine possible spam and inspect it there. Outbound is logged but it will sit in a quarantine for approval before being sent.
Matt Petty Senior Software Developer SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com
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Matt Petty Replied
1/19/2016 at 9:48 AM
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Another option would be to set the outgoing spam threshold to a very large number. This means SM won't block the message but it should still show the weight of the outgoing message in the logs. This would be your best bet.
Matt Petty Senior Software Developer SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com
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Aftab Hussain Replied
1/19/2016 at 10:49 AM
That makes sense, what is the max value that I can specify?
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Matt Petty Replied
1/19/2016 at 10:52 AM
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Not really sure, I would just do like "999" or "9999" if it would let you.
Matt Petty Senior Software Developer SmarterTools Inc. www.smartertools.com
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