PureMessage policy configuration can be easily tailored
to meet your corporate needs. When customizing policy rules, be aware of the following
considerations:
- Backup: Before editing a policy, it is strongly advised that you make a backup of the
current policy.
- Committing Changes: When using the PureMessage
Manager to edit policies, you must "commit" changes before testing or enabling the policy.
- Rule Order: Rules are processed in the order they are configured. When a message
triggers the "stop" action in a rule, the message is no longer processed. Thus, the rule order
and the placement of "stop" actions impact the efficiency of the policy.
- Testing: It is advisable to test policies before enabling them.
The file /opt/pmx/bin/pmx-policy provides an interface to the PureMessage policy engine.