Community
User Guides
Support
Community
Help Forums
English Forum
General
About our Community
General Discussion
News and Feedback
Products
F-Secure SAFE
F-Secure FREEDOME
F-Secure KEY
F-Secure SENSE Router
F-Secure ID PROTECTION
Other products
Beta programs
Feature Requests
Finnish Forum (Tukifoorumi)
Tuotteet Kotiin
F-Secure SAFE
F-Secure FREEDOME
F-Secure KEY
F-Secure SENSE Router
F-Secure ID PROTECTION
Muut tietoturvatuotteet
Support Articles
Language
English
Suomi
Deutsch
Français
日本語
Svenska
Dansk
Italiano
Nederlands
Norsk
Polski
中文 (繁體)
Products & Services
F-Secure TOTAL
F-Secure SAFE / Internet Security / Anti-Virus
F-Secure FREEDOME
F-Secure KEY
F-Secure SENSE Router
F-Secure ID PROTECTION
Other products
Common topics
User Guides
Support
Login
|
Register
How do I block specific extensions using “Disallowed Inbound Files“ for incoming, outgoing and Internal with F-Secure Email and server security? - F-Secure Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <h3 data-version="2" data-article="000016592">Issue:</h3> <p></p><ul><li>How to block specific extensions using “Disallowed Inbound Files“ for incoming, outgoing and Internal with F-Secure Email and server security.</li><li>I want to block only these extensions " *.doc *.docx *.docm *.xlx *.xlsx *.xlsm" for Internal email only, but not Outgoing or Incoming</li></ul> <h3>Resolution:</h3> <p><b>Each mail route has its own settings. You need to individually define which match list to use.</b><br><i>You can use <b>Policy Manager Console </b>to make these changes, if you are managing your<b> F-Secure Email and Server Security via Policy Manager,</b> or use the Web Console to login to your Email and Server Security locally.</i><br><br>As you can see here, I am using a different <b>Match list</b> for each of my mail route, where I have defined the file types I want to block.<br>On <b>Actions,</b> I have however selected "<i>only drop the attachment"</i>, not the whole message.<br><img alt="User-added image" height="363" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032052/uploads/629/GPCA5Y5ILM9X.png" width="500" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img><br>Now, I have activated each list for my Email traffic scanning accordingly, and each of them has their own list that contains the Extensions I want to be blocked from attachments.<br><img alt="User-added image" height="301" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032052/uploads/161/ZGMD1MF0RVGC.png" width="500" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img><br></p><div><br> </div><br>Note: I did not use the default "Disallowed Files" from Lists and templates as I wanted to have my own customized lists.<br>If you are using the default list on each email route, it means that the same rules will apply for all.<br> <p>Article no: 000016592</p> </article> </main>