Symantec 10744983 Administration Guide - Page 105

Configuring email filtering 105 Creating virus, spam, and compliance filter policies For more information about Perl-compatible regular expressions, see: http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/pod/perlre.html Table 4-10 describes the methods you can use to refine your search. Table 4-10 Sample Perl-compatible regular expressions Character Description Example Sample matches . Match any one character j.n jen, jon, j2n, j$n jo.. john, josh, jo4# .* Match zero or more sara.* characters sara, sarah, sarahjane, saraabc%123 s.*m.* sm, sam, simone, s321m$xyz .+ Match one or more sara.+ characters sarah, sarahjane, saraabc%123 s.+m.+ simone, s321m$xyz \. Match a period stop\. stop. \* Match an asterisk b\*\* b** \+ Match a plus character 18\+ 18+ \/ Match a forward slash 18\/ 18/ [0-9]{n} Match any numeral n [0-9]{3}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4} 123-45-6789 times, for example, match a social security number Note: Symantec Mail Security uses two different types of analysis in scanning for messages that match your criteria. If you specify a condition using a regular expression, a regular expression analysis is performed. If you specify a condition using a keyword or dictionary, a text search is performed. Adding compliance policies Use the following procedure to add compliance policies. To add a compliance policy 1 In the Control Center, click Policies > Compliance. 2 Click Add.