Adding a rule

A policy rule comprises the filter applied to a message that matches a policy’s sender/ recipient conditions and the action taken when that message triggers the filter. The following default rules are available:

• Antivirus rule uses the default virus filter and virus default filter action.
• Email Attachment rule uses the default email attachment filter and email attachment default filter action.
• Antispoof rule uses the default spoofed email filter and spoof default filter action.
• URL Analysis rule uses the default URL analysis filter and URL analysis default filter action.

You can configure multiple URL Analysis rules to use settings other than the defaults. See URL analysis and Managing filter actions.

• Antispam rule uses the default spam filter and spam default filter action.
• Commercial Bulk rule uses the default commercial bulk email filter and commercial bulk default filter action.
• Advanced File Analysis rule uses the default advanced file analysis filter and advanced file analysis default filter action.
• Disclaimer rule uses the default disclaimer filter.

You may create a new rule in combination with the following filter types:

• URL analysis
• Spoofed email
• Email attachment
• Custom content