Inbound Settings - Best Practices

Email Gateway Defense provides customers with a default configuration as a starting point. While this configuration will block a majority of unwanted emails, it is important to make changes to other filters to get the best protection possible.

The table below illustrates the different Inbound settings found within Email Gateway Defense.

Note

This is not an all-inclusive list of policies, and it focuses on toggles (i.e., block, quarantine, off) vs. custom rules, such as sender policies.

Use the table to adjust the default configurations according to your preference.

For a more detailed understanding of the Email Gateway Defense capabilities, download the Email Gateway Defense Best Practices Guide.

Setting	Default	Relaxed	Strict

Setting	Default	Relaxed	Strict
Anti-Fraud Intelligence	Block	Quarantine	Block
BRBL	Block	Quarantine	Block
BRTS	Block	Quarantine	Block
Bulk Mail	Off	Quarantine	Block
Content Intent	Block	Quarantine	Block
DKIM	Off	Quarantine	Block
DMARC	Yes	Yes	Yes
Email Cat: Corporate	Allow	Allow	Quarantine
Email Cat: Mailing List	Off	Quarantine	Block
Email Cat: Marketing	Off	Quarantine	Block
Email Cat: Social Media	Allow	Quarantine	Block
Email Cat: Transactional	Allow	Allow	Quarantine
Enable ATP	Scan First, Then Deliver	Scan First, Then Deliver	Scan First, Then Deliver
Intent Analysis	Block	Quarantine	Block
Link Protection	On	On	On
No PTR Record	Yes	Yes	Yes
No SPF Record	Off	Quarantine	Block
Password Protected Archive	Block	Block	Block
Password Protected MS Office	Ignore	Quarantine	Block
Password Protected PDF	Ignore	Quarantine	Block
Spam: Block	5	5	4
Spam: Quarantine	0 (off)	4	3
SPF - Hard Fail	Block	Block	Block
SPF - Soft Fail	Off	Quarantine	Block
Typosquatting Protection	On	On	On