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The Scan Options tabs allow you to create filters that make up the database and mail scan rules.
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Use the following tabs to define how ScanMail scans or filters messages, attachments, and content (in the following order):
Order
Filter
Provides options to set specific scanning action on...
1
Message Filter
Various message types
2
Attachment Filter
Unwanted attachments
3a
Scan Restrictions
Compressed, encrypted, and other attachment types
Note
Note
ScanMail applies the Scan Restrictions settings when Virus Scan is enabled.
Virus and other malware types
3b
Virus Scan
4
Content Filter
Messages with unwanted content based on administrator-defined explicit rules
5
Script Filter
Messages with stored form or rich text hot spot content
Note
Note
When spam filtering is set, a mail scan rule executes the following filter order:
  1. Spam filtering (Configure Anti-Spam Filtering) of incoming messages based on Approved Senders and Blocked Senders (when enabled) or the Trend Micro Anti-Spam engine
  2. Scan Options filter enabled