MIME Type Filters
After creating or editing a filter, or number of filters, select Apply Filters to apply the filters to your mail. This button is not available for five minutes after selection.
CREATING A MIME TYPE FILTER
- Go to Filtering > Attachments and select the Mime Type Filters tab.
- Select Create and the Create A Mime Type Filter window displays.
- Mime Type: Enter a Mime type. Mime Type is the file type that is reported in the MIME Content-Disposition and Content-Type headers. Both are recorded in their raw (encoded) form and rfc2047-decoded form, if applicable. It consists of a general type and a specific type indicator. For example image/png, video/avi or text/html.
- Inbound action: Select the action to take on inbound emails that match this filter:
- Allow: Allow the email.
- Block: Block the email.
Important: The domain or user policy determines if the message is quarantined. Go to Policies > Domain Policy or User Policies.
- Ignore: Take no action.
- Comments (optional): Enter optional comments about this extension filter.
- Select Create or save this extension filter or Cancel to discard changes.
Important: After creating or editing a filter, or number of filters, select Apply Filters to apply the filters to your mail. This button is not available for five minutes after selection.