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GFI MailEssentials 8 Content Filtering | 163
1. Go to Content Filtering > Keyword Filtering.
2.
From the Content Filtering page, click the (up) or (down) arrows to respectively increase
or decrease the priority of the selected rule.
3. Repeat step 2 until rules are placed in the desired sequence.
8.2 Attachment Filtering
Attachment Filtering allows you to set up rules to filter what types of email attachments to allow
and block on the mail server. A rule is composed of:
Attachment types to block
Actions to take when a matching attachment is found
The users to which a rule applies.
To configure attachment rules, navigate to Content Filtering > Attachment Filtering. This page
allows you to view, create, enable, disable or delete rules.
Topics in this section:
8.2.1 Creating an Attachment Filtering rule 163
8.2.2 Enabling/disabling rules 168
8.2.3 Removing attachment rules 169
8.2.4 Modifying an existing rule 169
8.2.5 Changing the rule priority 169
8.2.1 Creating an Attachment Filtering rule
To create an Attachment filtering rule follow the steps listed below:
Step 1: Configuring basic rule settings and the terms to block
Step 2: Configuring the actions to take on detected emails
Step 3: Specifying the users to whom to apply this rule
Step 1: Configuring basic rule settings and the terms to block
1. Navigate to Content Filtering > Attachment Filtering node.
2. Click Add Rule...