You want to test and verify spam detection for security audit or personal purposes, for the following products:
For testing of newsletters, marketing mail, and suspicious URLs, go to Testing newsletter, marketing mail and suspicious URLs dispositions
Use one or more of these methods to test spam detection:
X-Advertisement: spam
There are two methods to test for spam detection with a X-Advertisement header:
telnet _hostname_ _port_
helo example.com
and press Enter.250 OK
.mail from: [email protected]
and press Enter. Use an alternate domain to ensure no accidental bypass of the anti-spam filter.250 OK
.rcpt to: <your email address>
and press Enter.
250 OK
.data
354 Send message content; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
or similar message.X-Advertisement: spam
and press Enter.Subject: Spam Delivery Test
and press Enter.spam test
and press Enter.quit
and press Enter.221 bye
or similar.This example should be sent to your server and processed by your Symantec product as spam.
Another option is to send an email from another domain's address with a mail client. Symantec recommends using Thunderbird, as it allows easier access to header modification.
This will add a "X-Advertisement" option at the top of new emails. Enter "spam" in that field and Thunderbird will deliver a message with a full header of X-Advertisement: spam
.