Adding user authentication settings

Administrator Help | Forcepoint Email Security | Version 8.4.x

Use the Settings > Users > User Authentication page to add new user validation/authentication settings for domain/user directory groups.

Click Add to open the Add User Authentication page.

Give this set of authentication settings a name.

Select the types of user validation/authentication settings that you want to apply: recipient validation, SMTP authentication, Personal Email authentication, or distribution list validation.

If you specify recipient validation, you can mark the associated check box to allow the system to continue a recipient search in the next user directory listed in the User Directories section Recipients box if the current user directory cannot be accessed (e.g., server is down or not connected).

If you specify SMTP authentication, you must ensure that the Allow relays only for senders from trusted IP addresses option is selected for both outbound and internal relays (Settings > Inbound/Outbound > Relay Control).

Select the domain group you want to target with your authentication settings.

You can add or remove domain names from your domain group by clicking Edit in the Domains area of the User Authentication page to open the Edit Domain Group page. Changes you make here are also reflected in the Settings > Users > Domain Groups page.

Select the corresponding user directories to which you want these authentication settings to apply by marking the check box next to the directory name and clicking the arrow button to add it to the Recipients box.

Click Add user directory if you want to create a new user directory for these authentication settings. The Add User Directory page opens for you to create a new directory. See Adding and configuring a user directory for user directory creation instructions.

You can move selected user directories up or down in the Recipients box via the Move up and Move down buttons.

You can delete a user directory reference from the Recipients box by selecting it and clicking Delete. This action removes the user directory from the Recipients list, but does not delete it from the Settings > Users > User Directories page.