Before you start
If you haven't already, be sure to complete all steps in the Prerequisites to enable EchoMark for Google Workspace.
Important
Be sure to complete all steps below, paying particular attention to the final step before saving. This step ensures that EchoMark will only affect mail sent from the address specified.
Set up a Content Compliance Rule
- Go to the Compliance page of your Workspace Admin console.
- Then scroll to the section called Content compliance and click Add rule. Then, in the dialog that appears.
- Set the following properties:
Name Outbound to EchoMark Outbound Checked Enables marking for messages sent outside of your org Internal - Sending Checked Enables marking for messages sent within your org If ANY of the... If ALL of the following... Only marks if all expressions are satisfied - Under Expressions, press Add.
- In the Add setting dialog that appears, click the Simple content match dropdown and choose Advanced content match. Then Set the following fields:
Location Full headers Match type Not matches regex Regexp x-personalized-for: recipient Optional description Prevents excess marking - Press Save on the Add setting dialog
- Add another expression to limit EchoMarking to messages with subjects that contain #echomark. As in step 4, press Add under Expressions.
- In the Add setting dialog that appears, click the Simple content match dropdown and choose Advanced content match. Then set the following fields:
Location Subject Match type Contains text Content #echomark - Press Save on the Add a setting dialog
- In the section titled, 3. If the above expressions match, do the following, select Change route and choose the outbound route you set up earlier.
- At the bottom of the dialog, select Require secure transport (TLS)
- You'll likely want to limit EchoMarking to certain senders at first. To do this, scroll to the bottom of the dialog and press Show Options. Then under C. Envelope filter, select Only affect specific envelope senders. In the example below, only mail sent from info@acme.co will be EchoMarked, but you'll want to use your own email address.
- Press Save
Try it out
EchoMark is now active for the sender you specified. You can EchoMark messages by sending them from the email address entered in step 12 and including #echomark in the subject of the message.