Using the Rules Page to add, delete, and edit rules, and move rule processing priority up or down.

• New. Click this button to add a new rule. The Add Rule page appears.

• Edit. Select a rule, then click this button to edit an existing rule.

• Move Up. Select a rule, then click this button to move the selected rule higher in the processing order. Rules are processed in the order in which they appear in the Rules list.

• Move Down. Select a rule, then click this button to move the selected rule lower in the processing order. Rules are processed in the order in which they appear in the Rules list.

• Delete. Select a rule, then click this button to delete it.

• Name. This column displays the name(s) of the listed rule(s).

• Actions When a rule's conditions are or are not met, IMail responds with an Action. For example, if a rule traps a message, the Action Type could be to move the message to a mailbox set up to receive spam Electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings. Some people define spam even more generally as any unsolicited e-mail. However, if a long-lost brother finds your e-mail address and sends you a message, this could hardly be called spam, even though it's unsolicited. Real spam is generally advertising for some product sent to a mailing list or newsgroup, and not only wastes people's time with unwanted e-mail, but consumes a lot of bandwidth.. Another Action Type would be to bounce the message or insert an X-Header X-Headers are lines that are inserted into a message during processing to aid you in identifying what has occurred to the message. IMail Server has several X-Headers that tell you such things as which rule trapped a message and when an antispam component identifies a message as spam. to indicate that a message was forged.. This column displays the action to apply to the message when the specified conditions are met.

• Conditions. This column displays the conditions (message part + search text) assigned to the rule.

• Destination. This column displays the targeted mailbox that will receive messages selected by the rule.

Creating Rules

For an description of the Rules page, see Managing Rules.

Note: Before you can create a rule with multiple conditions, you must create and save the rule with an initial condition.

To create a rule:

1. In the lower left-hand pane, click the Rules tab. The Rules page appears.

2. Click the New button. The Add Rule page appears.

Once you've navigated to the Add Rule page, creating the rule is a three-step process.

1. Enter a name for this Rule.  

• Enter a name for the rule in the Rule name text box

2. Add Rule Conditions.

• Click the Add button. The Add Rule Condition page appears.

• Choose one of the following from the Where list box to designate which message part the condition applies to:

• From

• Subject

• Send

• To

• Body

• Header

• Choose one Comparison option:

• Contains

• Does NOT Contain

• In the Search text box, enter the text your rule will search for.

• Select Match Case if you wish the search text to match the case entered in the Search text box.

• Click Save and Close to return to the Edit Rule page.

3. Set the action to take when conditions listed above are met.