Rules and their order

EXAMPLE:  

You set a word filter that blocks emails with Viagra ads. For a pharmaceutical company, however, this expression is only a spam criterion to a very limited extent. With NoSpamProxy Protection, you can decide for yourself whether to include Viagra in the word filter or whether to use a word filter at all and if so, how much you weight it with the multiplier. If an email otherwise appears legitimate or comes from a known email sender, the appearance of the suspicious word may be acceptable under certain circumstances. You can also specify that the rule with the word filter applies only to specific IP addresses or recipients; for example, only to senders with a specific TLD (Top Level Domain) or IP addresses from a specific subnet.

Position	Rule name	From	To	Action
1	General	*	john.doe@example.com
2	Japan	*.jp	john.doe@example.com

• Rule 1, which we call "General" here, is defined to all emails addressed to john.doe@example.com.
• Rule 2 with the name "Japan" on position 2 is also defined on recipient john.doe@example.com, but only considers senders from Japan.

Both rules apply to an email from Japan to "john.doe". However, only the "General" rule is used for evaluation because it is at the top of the list. Even if the Japan rule would actually be "more precise" - the order is the decisive criterion. To apply the "Japan" rule, the order of the rule must be changed as indicated below. This means that the more specific rule is applied first.

Position	Rule name	From	To	Action
1	Japan	*.jp	john.doe@example.com
2		General	john.doe@example.com