Configuring URL Sandbox Settings in Forcepoint Email Security

Use the page Settings > Inbound/Outbound > URL Sandbox to configure the URL sandbox feature:

Steps

  1. In the section Default Settings, specify the settings that apply to any recipient not covered by recipient-specific settings:
    1. Activate the URL sandbox function; mark the check box Analyze suspicious URLs.

      By default, the check box is not marked.

    2. If the URL sandbox is enabled, allow users to click unclassified URL links; mark the check box Allow the recipient to follow links to unclassified URLs.

      By default, the check box is not marked.

    3. Allow users to click a link that may redirect to a site with an unsupported protocol; mark the check box Allow the recipient to follow links with an unsupported protocol.
    4. Replace the original URL with other text; enter the string in the entry field below the check box.

      Leave this field blank to keep the original URL.

  2. Use the section Recipient-specific Settings to add custom sandbox settings for individual domain or email addresses:
    1. Create sandbox settings for a particular group of addresses; click Add.
    2. In the Recipient Email/Domain Address List, enter comma-separated email or domain addresses to which the settings should apply.

      Wildcards are not permitted.

    3. Activate the URL sandbox function for these addresses; mark the check box Analyze suspicious URLs.

      By default, the check box is not marked.

    4. If the URL sandbox is enabled, allow the specified users to click unclassified URL links; mark the check box Allow the recipient to follow links to unclassified URLs.

      By default, the check box is not marked.

    5. Allow users to click a link that may redirect to a site with an unsupported protocol; mark the check box Allow the recipient to follow links with an unsupported protocol.
    6. Replace the original URL with other text; enter the string in the entry field below the check box.

      Leave this field blank to keep the original URL.

  3. Enable the sandbox to examine URLs even if they appear in a message that contains the digital signature of a trusted sender; at the bottom of the section URL Sandbox, mark the check box Analyze suspicious URLs that appear in digitally signed email.
    By default, the check box is not marked.
  4. In the entry field above the check box, enter the URL domains that should bypass the URL sandbox.
    Do not use wildcards, and separate multiple entries with a comma.
  5. Click OK.

    The settings are saved.

    To delete a set of recipient-specific settings, mark the check box next to the address list and click Delete.