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In File Filtering Rules, you can set up rules that apply to file name, file type, and file size.
You can use:
 Create New — to create a new file filtering rule.
 Delete — to delete a rule that is no longer used by any of the policies.
 Edit — to change the rule settings.
Creating a new content scanner rule
1 In
Policy Manager, click on Shared Resource. The Shared Resources page appears.
2 Click
Filter Rules tab.
3 In Content Scanner Rules pane, click Create New. The New Content Scanner Rule page
appears.
4 Enter a unique
Rule Name.
5 Under
Details, enter a brief description for the rule in the Description field.
6 Under the Word or Phrase tab, specify the words or phrases to look for, in The rule will
trigger when the following word or phrase is found
.
7 Select the desired option(s):
 Ignore case — If enabled, the rule is triggered for specified word or phrase of any
case.
 Starts a longer word or phrase — If enabled, the rule is triggered for specified text
that begins with the word or phrase.
 Use Wildcards — If enabled, the rule is triggered for the specified word or phrase
that contain wildcard character(s). (Wildcard characters are often used in place of
one or more characters when you do not know what the real character is or you
do not want to type the entire name).
 Ends a longer word or phrase — If enabled, the rule is triggered for specified text that
forms the last part of the word or phrase.
Note
For more information, refer to Creating new file filtering rule on page 162
Note
When configuring policies, you can select which file filtering rules should be used, and
the order in which they are applied when scanning files.