Scenario 1
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Scenario:The company policy is to prevent all users from receiving Sound attachment types, but allow users that belong to the Music Club receive
mp3
files. -
Solution:
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Configure the Global rule to.
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Create an exception rule that applies to Music Club.
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Configure the exception rule target to
mp3
. -
Typical User scenario II (AB Exception)
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Scenario 2
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Scenario:The company policy is to block
.mp3
,.doc
, and.exe
files. However, allow the Music Club to receive.mp3
files and allow ScanMail to receive.exe
files. -
Solution:
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Set the Global policy to block
.mp3
,.doc
, and.exe
files. -
Create an exception rule named Music Club and configure it to pass
.mp3
files and set the priority to 1. -
Create an exception rule named ScanMail and configure it to pass
.exe
files and set the priority to 2.
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Known Issue
If a user belongs to both the Music Club and ScanMail groups, when an
email message includes
.mp3
, .doc
, and
.exe
files, the user will receive the
.doc
and .exe
files.