# Quarantining a suspicious email | SmartMail Documentation

> Step-by-step for users: suspicious mail is placed in quarantine; if requested, other mails from the same sender are also moved, or the domain is blocked.

Source page: https://dblinx.net/en/smartmail/belgeler/kullanici/supheli-maili-karantinaya-alma

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# Quarantining a suspicious email

The user quarantines a suspicious email in the inbox with the **Quarantine** button. They can also move other emails from the same sender at the same time, or blacklist the sender's domain so that future emails go straight to quarantine.

- User with quarantine permission in the mailbox

## How to quarantine a suspicious email?

The user quarantines an email they suspect in the inbox using the Quarantine button. Who can do this: A user with quarantine permission in the mailbox. A "Quarantined" notification appears and the email moves to the Quarantine folder. They can also move other emails from the same sender together, or blacklist the sender's domain so that future emails go directly to quarantine.

## Steps

Open the email and click the **Quarantine** button at the top 4.

- 4Quarantine

Open email action buttons, with demo data.

If there are no other emails from the same domain in the Inbox, the email is immediately moved to quarantine. If there are other emails, a window opens:

To move only this email, click **This email only** 1.

To also move the same sender's other inbox emails to quarantine, select **Also quarantine other … emails**; to send every email from this domain straight to quarantine from now on, select **Add this domain to the blocklist** 2.

Click **Apply** to apply your selections 3.

- 1Only this email

- 2Block domain

- 3Applies

Quarantine window, with demo data.

**Result**The "Quarantined" notification appears and the email moves to the **Quarantine** folder. SmartMail takes this decision into account for similar emails.

**Note** The blocklist rule applies to the entire organization and is recorded in the audit log. Quarantined emails can be restored one by one.

## Related pages

- [Reviewing and restoring an email in quarantine](/en/smartmail/belgeler/kullanici/karantinadaki-maili-inceleme)

- [Blacklisting or whitelisting senders](/en/smartmail/belgeler/yonetici/gonderen-kurallari)

- [Email security](/en/smartmail/guvenlik)