Getting Started with Outgoing Filtering

SpamExperts's outgoing filtering solution operates independently from the incoming email filtering and is used to relay outgoing mail from your server, through SpamExperts and to the recipient.

Requirements & Limitations

Relaying through the outbound filter has some requirements for mail to be accepted:

In addition to the configuration of relay addresses and outbound authentication, the SMTP From addresses used to send mail must also be able to receive mail. If a sender address returns a failure to an inbound recipient callout, the outbound message/connection will be rejected.

Steps to Configure

Outgoing mail filtering includes several aspects that require configuration:

  1. Create the Outgoing User - Create an outgoing authentication user/method to authenticate all outgoing mail against
  2. Configure the Abuse Report Address - Set up an abuse report address to be informed every time an outgoing sender's message is rejected
  3. Configure Outgoing Delivery IP (Local Cloud Only) - Set up an outbound delivery IP address for your senders

    This is relevant only to Local Cloud customers and is optional

  4. Set up SPF - Configure the Sender Policy Framework used to restrict which mail servers are allowed to send email for your domain name
  5. Set up DMARC - Set up the DMARC record on the DNS to choose the policy or action taken to messages that fail the DMARC check
  6. Set up DKIM - Set up a DKIM record to sign messages and help authenticate the senders as much as possible
  7. Outbound Filtering Hostnames - Configure your SMTP Hostname to use the correct ports and SPF records
  8. Outgoing License Size - Check the number of licenses is appropriate for the number of outgoing domains