{"id":7745,"date":"2025-09-23T14:32:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T18:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/?p=7745"},"modified":"2025-10-01T14:25:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:25:41","slug":"exchangedefender-rolls-out-advanced-reject-policies-for-safer-inboxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/exchangedefender-rolls-out-advanced-reject-policies-for-safer-inboxes\/","title":{"rendered":"ExchangeDefender Rolls Out Advanced &#8216;Reject Policies&#8217; for Safer Inboxes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Website-Active-Image-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Website-Active-Image-10-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Website-Active-Image-10-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Website-Active-Image-10-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Website-Active-Image-10-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Website-Active-Image-10-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Website-Active-Image-10.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a643486eef60b869577195cf78f6cf9a\">At ExchangeDefender we&#8217;ve always seen ourselves as the firewall that keeps unwanted email content entering or exiting our clients network. To keep compliance simple we never deleted&nbsp; emails &#8211; if the content was objectionable we would scan it, log it, and let org and user policies choose what happens to the message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10c1b9fb9136198fcb52b692887bb571\">As the email world becomes more dangerous, with AI capable of conducting social engineering scams at scale, IT teams are looking for new policies that can handle it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-56520e42c04bac70b9da8d46c3a433b6\">At ExchangeDefender we work closely with our partners around the world and this feature is courtesy of <strong>Tommy from<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twistednetworx.com\/\">Twisted Networx<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Website-Active-Image-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Website-Active-Image-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Website-Active-Image-8.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Website-Active-Image-8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Website-Active-Image-8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Website-Active-Image-8-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Website-Active-Image-8-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f4f9c4f4a1496232ca9733424534e832\">Tommy is hardly alone when it comes to this issue, some businesses pride themselves on the amount of money they spend on aggressive marketing via email. Ghost resubscribes, unsubscribe pages not working, confusing UI to trick you into buying or sharing info, and endless scams are just a part of business on the Internet these days. It&#8217;s something ExchangeDefender can help you fix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-b2262e07ec8c0f881b04b62286e4d86d\">We&#8217;re introducing <strong>Reject Policies<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"926\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7746\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333;object-fit:cover;width:717px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-9.png 926w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-9-300x280.png 300w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-9-768x717.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0fed97891e3f2343a00e38617bcbc0cc\">If you&#8217;ve identified an organization you do not want to communicate with for any reason, or if you have a network you want to keep out, or if you just want a quieter quarantine: ExchangeDefender will now reject the email on your behalf and you will never have to see it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6e3d99f8d25d50e161755327639b017f\">For compliance purposes we will of course log the rejection in the Domain Admin logging facility at&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/admin.exchangedefender.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/admin.exchangedefender.com<\/a>&nbsp;but the message meta and any data will be rejected at the edge of the ExchangeDefender network. This way you will still be able to troubleshoot mail flow and make adjustments as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-05479915bd3999d7a71da5b607780933\">We\u2019re building a more flexible, powerful ExchangeDefender to meet real-world business challenges\u2014and your feedback plays a big part in that. If you\u2019ve got ideas that could make your email experience more secure or productive, we\u2019d love to hear them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f79128a00da26c6adf89fec08afeae16\">New features and updated policies are rolling out later this fall. 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