Cisco 300-720 Exam - Topic 5 Question 116 Discussion

Actual exam question for Cisco's 300-720 exam

Question #: 116
Topic #: 5

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Which process is skipped when an email is received from safedomain.com, which is on the safelist?

Dantispam scanning

Coutbreak filter

Amessage filter

Bantivirus scanning

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Suggested Answer: D

The safelist is a list of email addresses or domains that are considered legitimate and trustworthy by Cisco ESA. When an email is received from a sender on the safelist, Cisco ESA skips antispam scanning for that message and delivers it to the recipient without any spam filtering.

by Ashlyn at Jan 23, 2026, 12:38 PM

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Derick

4 days ago

I’m a bit confused. Does it skip the entire filtering process or just specific checks?

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Lashaun

10 days ago

Wasn't there a practice question about whitelisting? I think it might be related to skipping the spam check.

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Dana

1 month ago

I remember something about safelists bypassing certain checks, maybe the content scanning?

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Arlen

1 month ago

I think the process that gets skipped is the spam filtering, but I'm not entirely sure.

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Skye

1 month ago

I'm a little unsure about this one. My best guess is that the email authentication process might be skipped, since the domain is on the safelist. But I'll need to double-check my understanding to be sure.

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Emile

2 months ago

If the email is from a safelist domain, the system probably skips the normal threat detection checks. That would make sense to streamline the processing for trusted senders. I'll write out the steps I'm thinking through.

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Cassi

2 months ago

Okay, for an email from a safelist domain, I'm guessing the spam/malware scanning process might be skipped since the domain is considered trusted. I'll make sure to explain my reasoning clearly in my answer.

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Emilio

2 months ago

Hmm, this is a tricky one. I'm not sure exactly which process would be skipped. I'll need to review my notes on email security and filtering to try to figure this out.

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Wilda

2 months ago

I think the key here is to focus on the safelist. If the email is from a domain on the safelist, then a process must be skipped. I'll need to think through what the typical email processing steps are and which one might be skipped in this case.

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