Body Filters

Body Filters search the body of an e-mail for a specified pattern. If the pattern matches something in the body, the specified action is taken.

Body Filtering is disabled by default. From the pull-down menu select Enabled and then click the Save button to enable Body Filters. Once it is enabled, Body Filters can be created as described below.

To create a new Body Filter click the Define New Body Filter link.

Pattern

This is the pattern text to search for in the body of the e-mail. If this pattern is found the specified action will be taken.

Action

Upon finding the pattern specified above, an action will take place. Here is a pull-down menu to choose to Reject the Message or Deliver and Log Warning.

Message

When an e-mail matches the pattern and the action is taken, the contents of this Message field will be used in response to the sender. If Log Warning was chosen as the Action, this message will be stored in the logs. If Reject Message was chosen as the Action, this message will be sent to the sender of the mail and will be stored in the logs.

This Message field is not required to create the filter.

Once all the fields have been completed click Create Filter to create the filter. Once created, the filter will appear on the menu under Body Filters. As with the Header Filters mentioned earlier, the Body Filters are listed in the decreasing order of their priority. Filters configured to reject e-mails will be highlighted in red and filters configured to only log them will be highlighted in green.

To edit or delete a pattern click the Edit link located to the left of the filter. This will open a new window displaying the content of the filter. Changes can be made to this by clicking the Update Filter button and can be deleted by clicking the Delete Filter button.