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An engineer must ensure that email sent from *@cisco.com is not sent to the spam quarantine on a Cisco Secure Email Gateway. What must be configured on the Secure Email Gateway?

The correct answer is D. safelist. A safelist (allowlist/whitelist) on Cisco Secure Email Gateway allows administrators to designate specific senders or domains as trusted. Email from addresses on the safelist bypasses spam scanning and will never be routed to the spam quarantine. Configuring *@cisco.com on the…

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Question

An engineer must ensure that email sent from *@cisco.com is not sent to the spam quarantine on a Cisco Secure Email Gateway. What must be configured on the Secure Email Gateway?

Options

  • Acontent filter
  • BURL filtering
  • CS/MIME
  • Dsafelist

How the community answered

(43 responses)
  • A
    5% (2)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    91% (39)

Explanation

A safelist (allowlist/whitelist) on Cisco Secure Email Gateway allows administrators to designate specific senders or domains as trusted. Email from addresses on the safelist bypasses spam scanning and will never be routed to the spam quarantine. Configuring *@cisco.com on the safelist ensures all messages from that domain are delivered normally. A content filter (A) applies rules to messages but is not the mechanism for bypassing spam quarantine. URL filtering (B) inspects URLs within messages, not sender reputation. S/MIME (C) is a cryptographic standard for email signing and encryption, unrelated to spam handling.

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#safelist#anti-spam#email gateway configuration#spam quarantine

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