Policy Exceptions

You can create policy exception rules by senders (all Message sources) or recipients (SMTP Message sources). These rules act as exceptions to your base policy. Rules are applied in a ranked order; drag and drop the items in the list to reorder them.

Create exceptions to your base policy by creating policy exception rules.

  1. Go to Configuration > Policy configuration.

  2. Select the tab for the direction you want the rule to apply to. For these steps we’ll use incoming as an example.

  3. Click the New incoming rule button.

  4. Create a Rule name and a Short description for the rule.

  5. Under Apply to, select Sender or Recipient. For Journal message sources, Sender is already selected as the only option.

  6. Click the category of item you want to add, then enter the senders or recipients you want the rule to apply to.

    • For sender rules, this can be in the form of email addresses, domains, IP addresses, or CIDR block.

    • For recipient rules, this can be an email address, domain, or Supported Microsoft Groups.

  7. Select actions you want to apply as exceptions to your base policy. For example, you may want to move all messages from a certain sender to trash, regardless of the verdict.

  8. Click Save.

Your rule is created.

Supported Microsoft Groups

Secure Email Threat Defense's integration with Microsoft groups supports the following:

  • Microsoft 365 Groups

  • Security Groups

  • Mail-enabled security groups

  • Distribution groups

Dynamic distribution groups are not supported.