Vendor Provided Rule File

example.gif The Vendor-Provided Rule File contains hundreds of predefined anti-spam rule-sets for blocking unsolicited and unwanted email originating from a number of known spammers and containing popular spam subjects. It is typically used in conjunction with the customized list of rules you develop to address specific occurrences of spam.

Click the rule-file check box to have Content Management include their individual rules in the analysis of inbound and/or outbound mail. Rules included in the Rules-file do not appear in the Set Rule page.

The Vendor-Provided Rule File, which is encrypted, can be found in the /opt/trend/Plug-Ins/EM/spamrule directory. The file name takes the form of Trend$RF.###, where ### represents the version number of the file. This file is not user editable.

The rule file is provided by Trend and can be updated automatically.

See also:

Automatic Update
Import File
Import File Format