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Commercial bulk email
Administrator Help | Forcepoint Email Security | Version 8.5.x
Unlike spam email, commercial bulk email is often solicited by its recipients, sometimes inadvertently. For example, a user might neglect to clear a check box to "Share my personal information with selected partners" on a typical "opt out" privacy rights form. The commercial bulk email filter can analyze a message to determine whether it was sent from a third-party bulk email management company or directly from a business. Configure the commercial bulk email filter on the page Main > Policy Management > Filters > Add (or Edit) Filter.
If your subscription includes the Email Security Hybrid module, you can activate commercial bulk email analysis as part of the email hybrid service pre-filtering process. The results of pre-filtering are added to the message header passed to on-premises email protection software, which uses the hybrid service score to determine how the message is processed.
Configure commercial bulk email filter analysis
1.
(If applicable) Mark the check box Use the results of the email hybrid service analysis for on-premises commercial bulk email analysis.
This option only displays when the Email Security Hybrid module is configured and running.
2.
From the section Filter Properties, select the sensitivity level for the filter:
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Normal: Analyze email source
Use this option to set the filter to detect email only from indirect (third-party) sources of bulk email.
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High: Analyze email source and content
Use this option to set the filter to detect both direct and indirect sources of bulk email. This is the default.
3.
(Optional) Mark the check box Bypass antispam analysis if message size exceeds.
In the text field, enter a message size in KB (default is 3072). Selection indicates to use message size to determine whether antispam analysis is bypassed.
4.
Configure additional filter settings and click OK.
The commercial bulk email filter settings are saved.
A commercial bulk default filter action can be used along with this filter. See Managing filter actions.

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