Part Two: External Hosts

The second part of the policy script handles messages from external hosts. Depending on message content, this part of the policy script scans for viruses and suspect attachments. The Manager screen shot shows where to edit virus-checking rules and actions for messages from external hosts. A step-by-step description of this part of the policy is provided below.

Description:

Messages not originating from a relay defined in the Internal Hosts list are assumed to be from an external host. Messages from external hosts are scanned for viruses and suspect attachments in this part of the policy script, as follows:

Related concepts
Part One: Internal Hosts
Part Three: External Hosts, Lists
Part Four: External Hosts, Spam Probabilities
Default PureMessage Policy Script
Lists
Viruses
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