Filter Rules

Filter rules provide a mechanism for the administrator to define the handling of messages that meet certain criteria.

A filter rule can be configured to trigger on a variety of information including:

• Message sender

• Message recipient

• The message UBE rating

• The message contains a safe word

• The message is from a white listed address

• The message is from a black listed address

• The message is from an SPF Sender Policy Framework: A system utilising DNS servers to validate that a given IP address is authorised to send mail for a specific domain validated source
  Note, this option requires that either FTGate or your ISP added an SPF V1 header to the message

• The message contains a prohibited word

• The message contains a prohibited phrase

• The message passed through an RBL Real time Blackhole Lists: a list of mail server that are considered sources of SPAM by the list owner listed server

• The message is from an authenticated sender

• The message contains a specific word or words
  By default all non-alpha characters are removed from strings that are entered into this list, in order to enter a string with non-alpha characters you must enclose the string in quotes. i.e. "the-string".

The filter can take one of the following actions depending on the above options:

• Deliver normally
  The message will be delivered normally.

• Deliver normally and send a tagged copy to the Special Recipient
  The message will be delivered normally but a copy will be sent to the Special Recipient with the subject line appropriately tagged.

• Deliver normally and send the Special Recipient an attached copy.
  The message will be delivered normally but a copy will also be sent to the Special Recipient as an attachment.

• Deliver normally but tag the subject line .
  The message will be delivered but the subject line will have the appropriate tag added

• Deliver as an attachment in a tagged message
  The message will be delivered but as an attachment to a message with a suitably tagged subject line.

• Deliver to the Special Recipient
  The message will be redirected to the Special Recipient

• Deliver as an attachment to a tagged message to the Special Recipient
  The message will be sent to the Special Recipient but as an attachment in the message with a suitably tagged subject line.

• Delete the message and send the rejection message
  The message will be deleted and the rejection message will be send to the original sender

• Delete message
  The message will be deleted and no further action taken