Configuring actions on messages during DMARC, SPF and DKIM message authentication

You can configure the actions to take on messages DMARC, SPF и DKIM message authentication for one or several rules.

Before configuring actions to take on messages during DMARC, SPF and DKIM authentication, make sure that the corresponding Mail Sender Authentication is enabled in the settings of Kaspersky Secure Mail Gateway.

To configure actions to take on messages during DMARC, SPF and DKIM Mail Sender Authentication:

1. In the main window of the application web interface, open the management console tree and select the Rules section.
2. In the list of rules, click the link with the name of the rule to open the rule for which you want to configure actions on messages during DMARC message authentication.
3. Select the Mail Sender Authentication section.
4. Flip on the toggle switch next to the name of the Mail Sender Authentication settings group if it is off.
5. In the DMARC Mail Sender Authentication section, in the If DMARC violation detected drop-down list, select one of the following actions to take on messages found to cause an authentication violation during DMARC authentication:
   • Apply DMARC policy.

     The DMARC policy is configured by the mail server administrator on the DNS server.

   • Reject
   • Delete message
   • Skip
6. Select the check box next to the name of the Place copy in Backup setting if you want the application to automatically save copies of messages in Backup before they are processed.
7. In the SPF Mail Sender Authentication section, in the If SPF violation detected drop-down list, select one of the following actions to take on messages found to cause an authentication violation during SPF authentication:
   • Reject
   • Delete message
   • Skip
8. Select the check box next to the name of the Place copy in Backup setting if you want the application to automatically save copies of messages in Backup before they are processed.
9. In the DKIM Mail Sender Authentication section, in the If DKIM violation detected drop-down list, select one of the following actions to take on messages found to cause an authentication violation during DKIM authentication:
   • Reject
   • Delete message
   • Skip
10. Select the check box next to the name of the Place copy in Backup setting if you want the application to automatically save copies of messages in Backup before they are processed.
11. Click the Apply button in the lower part of the workspace.