Anti-spam settings in MFP and Mail Policies

[kaizen]

Hi,

I am relatively new to Ironport but have invested quite some time in testing and reading the best practices and the documentation. I couldn't find/understand information regarding the different situations that we use Antispam setting options - in MFP and in the Mail policy (where we have scanning turned on).

HAT table and the MFP are mainly for connection establishment if I am correct. So what effect does it have if in the security settings of my MFP I have Anti-spam turned off but then the email matches the Incoming mail policy (Default) where I have the Antispam scanning turned on?

I guess same question is valid for the Anti-virus feature - it also has enable/disable in MFP and respectively in the Incoming/Outgoing Mail Policy

Thanks in advance

[kaizen · Accepted solution]

I found a very good explanation of my topic on the cisco portal. Here is the link if anyone else is wondering like me

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security/email-security-appliance/117908-qa-cdc.html

[svgeorgi]

Basically if the AS in this case is disabled in the MFP, then it will be ignored in the incoming mail policies even if it's enabled there. It's a matter of incoming mail pipeline.