Barracuda Email Filter- Managing Emails

How To:

  • Manage email addresses through the Barracuda Email quarantine

Applies To:

  • ESU Staff and Faculty

Steps:

  ID   Section Title
 1 Access the Barracuda Portal
 2 Manage Quarantined Email
 3 Manage Blocked/Allowed Senders using Sender Policy
 4 Report Phishing or Suspicious Emails

1. Access the Barracuda Portal

Visit: https://ess.barracudanetworks.com/

Barracuda Login screen with only a slot for an email address

 Log in with your ESU email address & password

ESU Microsoft Login screen

2. Manage Quarantined Email

After loading in, the Message Log will default to the last 2 days. You can alter this by changing the field under "Data Presets"

Red circle around the "Data Presets" field

To release the quarantined email(s), select the square box next to quarantined email(s), then click on the triangle button on the menu

Message log with red circles around the select checkmark and the deliver button

Select either option below then click on Deliver button.

Deliver message pop-up

3. Manage Blocked/Allowed Senders using Sender Policy

Settings window with a red circle around settings, and sender policy

  • Navigate to “Settings” > “Sender Policy”

Red square's around the sender field and actions

  • Enter the email address (e.g., john@example.com) or domain (e.g., @example.com)
  • Select “block”, “exempt” or “quarantine” for Policy; Comment is optional
  • Click Add

Tips

  • You can add entire domains by entering @domain.com instead of a full email address.
  • Be cautious when blocking domains—this could prevent important communications from being delivered.

You can always remove or edit entries at any time.

4. Report Phishing or Suspicious Emails

  • Use the “Report Phishing” button (available in Outlook)

the Phish Alert Report button inside of Outlook

 

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