Data Protection - MCP

When you enable MCP (Message Content Protection) feature on the Data Protection page, you can add, edit, delete, and search MCP rules.

The MCP rules are set to filter or block the targeted emails. If an email matches a rule's criteria, the rule score will be summed to a total MCP score. Once the total MCP score exceeds the MCP threshold score you have specified, the mail system will execute the selected actions: Save to quarantine, Deliver anyway, Delete mail, Notify sender, or Forward.

Configuration of MCP Rules

Tick the Enable MCP checkbox, and the settings of MCP feature will be configurable. You can click Manage MCP Rules to conduct the following operations.

To add an MCP rule:

1. Click Create in the Manage MCP Rules window.
2. In the Add MCP Rules window, specify the following items:
   • Name: Enter an appropriate name of the rule so as to easily search for this rule later.
   • Target: Select the targets you wish to examine.
   • Relation: Select the relation of the rule's criteria.
     Note: You can refer to the default rules and modify them according to your needs. The grammar of regular expression is identical to Perl language, only without putting slash symbols (/) at the start and the end.
   • Pattern: Enter the pattern you wish to examine.
   • Case sensitive: Determine if upper and lower cases should be identified.
   • Score: Specify the score of the rule.
     Note: If an email matches the rule, this score will be reckoned up in the total MCP score.
3. Click OK to finish the creation of an MCP rule.

To edit an MCP rule:

Select an existing rule you wish to edit in the list and click Edit. When you finish the editing, click OK to save the changes.

To delete an MCP rule:

1. Select an existing rule you wish to delete in the list and click Delete.
2. You will see a confirmation message. Click OK to confirm the deletion.

To search for an MCP rule:

Enter a rule's name in the search bar in the upper-right corner of the Manage MCP Rules window to search for the corresponding rule.

Actions

Configure how the mail system will deal with the emails of which the total MCP score exceeds the specified MCP threshold score (hereinafter referred to as "detected emails"). You can select one of the following actions:

• Save to quarantine: The detected emails will be stored in the quarantine.
  • You can review the emails in plain text or get the original emails in the quarantine. You can also release or delete the mails.
  • You can search the emails in the search bar with keywords of the sender, receiver, subject, and MCP report.
• Deliver anyway: The detected emails will still be sent to the receiver normally.
• Delete mail: The detected emails will be deleted.

Moreover, you can tick to enable the following actions from More options:

• Notify sender: The mail system will send a notification to the sender.
  Note: You can click Template Setting to edit the Administrator's email and the notification template (Subject and Mail contents).
• Forward: The mail system will forward the detected emails to the email address you have specified.