Configuring Content Filtering Criteria

On the Scanning Criteria tab, select Advanced to display the advanced criteria.

From the drop-down list, do one of the following:

  • Select "All Match" to trigger the rule only when all selected "Advanced" criteria are matched.

  • Select "Any Match" to do the following:

    • Trigger the rule when any selected "Advanced" criteria are matched

    • Display the Attachment is "password protected", Attachment contains "active content", and Recipient number criteria in the "Advanced" criteria list

The following tables all contain the same information sorted differently. Use the following sorted tables to find appropriate "Advanced" criteria to filter messages by your desired rule targets:

Table 1. Advanced Criteria Sorted by Display Order

Rule Targets

Criteria

Filter Based On

Sorted by display order

Envelope sender is

"blank"

Envelope sender

Message header sender differs from

"envelope sender"

Message header sender and envelope sender

Message header sender differs from

"header Reply-To"

Message header sender and message header Reply-To

Specified header matches

" keyword expressions "

Keywords in headers and content

Message size is

>, <=

<number>

KB, MB

Size

Subject matches

" keyword expressions "

Keywords in headers and content

Subject is

" blank "

Body matches

" keyword expressions "

Body is

"blank"

Attachment is

" file name or extension "

Attachment file name or extension

" MIME content type "

Attachment MIME content type

" true file type "

Attachment true file type

Note:

For Microsoft Office files of version 2007 or later, Trend Micro Email Security supports attachment true file type detection only when the files are not encrypted.

Attachment content matches

" keyword expressions "

Keywords in headers and content

Attachment size is

>, <=

<number>

B, KB, MB

Attachment size

Attachment number is

>, <=

<number>

Number of attachments

Attachment is

" password protected "

Zipped, signed, or password-protected attachment

Attachment contains

" active content "

Active content in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint attachments

Recipient number

>, <=

<number>

Number of recipients

Table 2. Advanced Criteria Sorted by Attribute and Content Targets

Rule Targets

Criteria

Filter Based On

Envelope sender and message header sender

Envelope sender is

"blank"

Envelope sender

Message header sender differs from

"envelope sender"

Message header sender and envelope sender

Message header sender differs from

"header Reply-To"

Message header sender and message header Reply-To

Name and type attributes

Attachment is

" file name or extension "

Attachment file name or extension

" MIME content type "

Attachment MIME content type

" true file type "

Attachment true file type

Note:

For Microsoft Office files of version 2007 or later, Trend Micro Email Security supports attachment true file type detection only when the files are not encrypted.

Size attributes

Message size is

>, <=

<number>

KB, MB

Size

Attachment size is

>, <=

<number>

B, KB, MB

Attachment size

Keyword content

Subject matches

" keyword expressions "

Keywords in headers and content

Subject is

" blank "

Body matches

" keyword expressions "

Body is

"blank"

Specified header matches

" keyword expressions "

Attachment content matches

" keyword expressions "

Active content

Attachment contains

" active content "

Active content in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint attachments

Quantity attributes

Attachment number is

>, <=

<number>

Number of attachments

Recipient number

>, <=

<number>

Number of recipients

Compressed, signed, or encrypted attributes

Attachment is

" password protected "

Zipped, signed, or password-protected attachment

Table 3. Advanced Criteria Sorted by Message-Only or Attachment-Only Targets

Rule Targets

Criteria

Filter Based On

Message-only

Envelope sender is

"blank"

Envelope sender

Message header sender differs from

"envelope sender"

Message header sender and envelope sender

Message header sender differs from

"header Reply-To"

Message header sender and message header Reply-To

Message size is

>, <=

<number>

KB, MB

Size

Subject matches

" keyword expressions "

Keywords in headers and content

Subject is

" blank "

Body matches

" keyword expressions "

Body is

"blank"

Specified header matches

" keyword expressions "

Recipient number

>, <=

<number>

Number of recipients

Attachment-only

Attachment is

" file name or extension "

Attachment file name or extension

" MIME content type "

Attachment MIME content type

" true file type "

Attachment true file type

Note:

For Microsoft Office files of version 2007 or later, Trend Micro Email Security supports attachment true file type detection only when the files are not encrypted.

Attachment content matches

" keyword expressions "

Keywords in headers and content

Attachment size is

>, <=

<number>

B, KB, MB

Attachment size

Attachment number is

>, <=

<number>

Number of attachments

Attachment is

" password protected "

Zipped, signed, or password-protected attachment

Attachment contains

" active content "

Active content in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint attachments