rules help

[Ugo Bellavance]

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Matt Kehler wrote:
> For some reason I just can't figure this out.  We have our default
> filename blocking rules config, and want to allow ONE user to get
> .exe's, which NOBODY else gets.   This part I can figure out.  But we
> also want the default blocking rules to apply to that user as well.
>
> So my question is, can I have an 'exceptions' rule for that user, which
> only contains the one line allowing exe's, and then somehow also have
> the default blocking rules ALSO get hit as a second rule?  OR, for this
> one user, do I basically have to have their own ENTIRE ruleset, which
> will essentially will replicate our default ruleset, with the exception
> of allowing one filename?

Yes, there is nothing like exceptions in MailScanner right now.

>
> Hopefully its not another replication of rulesets.  If we have 10 users
> with exceptions...then we would have 11 rulesets (11users + one
> default).  And if we decide we want to add an extension to the block
> list..we would then have to edit all 11 files.
>
> Or am I waaay off base here?
>
> thx!
> Matt
>
>
>
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