Content Protection

Content Protection in Baruwa is used to manage the types of email attachments that users are allowed to send and receive. A full description is available at Content Protection

Viewing the System Default Policy

Baruwa ships default policies which are used if none is configured by the user. To view the rules in these policies:

  1. Mouse over or Click Settings
  2. Click Content Protection
  3. Click the Policy Type (Archive File Policies, Archive Mime Policies, File Policies, Mime Policies)
  4. Click System Default

Cloning a Policy

Cloning a policy creates a new policy populated with rules from the default system policy shipped with Baruwa. This is the preferred method of creating policies where you simply would like to keep the majority of the rules but disable a few rules.

  1. Mouse over or Click Settings
  2. Click Content Protection
  3. Click the Policy Type (Archive File Policies, Archive Mime Policies, File Policies, Mime Policies)
  4. Click Clone Policy
  5. Enter the Policy Name, it is better to simply edit the name part of the supplied name
  6. Click the Clone Policy button

Creating a Policy

This will add a blank policy without any rules in it, you will have to add rules to the policy after it has been created.

  1. Mouse over or Click Settings
  2. Click Content Protection
  3. Click the Policy Type (Archive File Policies, Archive Mime Policies, File Policies, Mime Policies)
  4. Click Create Policy
  5. Enter the Policy Name, it is better to simply edit the name part of the supplied name
  6. Click the Create Policy button

Edit a Policy

This allows you to enable a policy after you have added rules or to update the name of the policy/disable a policy.

  1. Mouse over or Click Settings
  2. Click Content Protection
  3. Click the Policy Type (Archive File Policies, Archive Mime Policies, File Policies, Mime Policies)
  4. Find the Policy in the list displayed, Click the edit icon.
  5. Make the changes
  6. Click the Update Policy button

Delete a Policy

This will delete the policy along with all the rules as well as update the global and domain settings which were using this policy.

  1. Mouse over or Click Settings
  2. Click Content Protection
  3. Click the Policy Type (Archive File Policies, Archive Mime Policies, File Policies, Mime Policies)
  4. Find the Policy in the list displayed, Click the delete icon.
  5. Click the Delete Policy button

View Policy Rules

To view the rules within a policy:

  1. Mouse over or Click Settings
  2. Click Content Protection
  3. Click the Policy Type (Archive File Policies, Archive Mime Policies, File Policies, Mime Policies)
  4. Find the Policy in the list displayed, Click the name

Reorder Policy Rules

Baruwa matches rules on a first hit basis so in some cases you will need to change the ordering of your rules. To do so:

  1. Mouse over or Click Settings
  2. Click Content Protection
  3. Click the Policy Type (Archive File Policies, Archive Mime Policies, File Policies, Mime Policies)
  4. Find the Policy in the list displayed, Click the name
  5. Use the up and down arrows to move the rule up or down.

Add a Rule

To add a rule to a policy you:

  1. Mouse over or Click Settings
  2. Click Content Protection
  3. Click the Policy Type (Archive File Policies, Archive Mime Policies, File Policies, Mime Policies)
  4. Find the Policy in the list displayed, Click the name.
  5. Click the Add rule option
  6. File in the form
  7. Click the Create Rule button

Edit a Rule

To edit a rule to a policy you:

  1. Mouse over or Click Settings
  2. Click Content Protection
  3. Click the Policy Type (Archive File Policies, Archive Mime Policies, File Policies, Mime Policies)
  4. Find the Policy in the list displayed, Click the name
  5. Find the rule in the list displayed, Click the edit icon
  6. Make the changes
  7. Click the Update Rule button

Delete a Rule

To delete a rule to a policy you:

  1. Mouse over or Click Settings
  2. Click Content Protection
  3. Click the Policy Type (Archive File Policies, Archive Mime Policies, File Policies, Mime Policies)
  4. Find the Policy in the list displayed, Click the name
  5. Find the rule in the list displayed, Click the delete icon
  6. Make the changes
  7. Click the Delete Rule button

Set Global Policies

To set Global Policies you:

  1. Mouse over or Click Settings
  2. Click Content Protection
  3. Click Set Global Policies
  4. Select the Policies
  5. Click the Save button

Set Domain Policies

To set domain specific policies you:

  1. Click Domains
  2. Select the domain > Click the actions settings icon
  3. Click Content Protection
  4. Select the Policies
  5. Click the Save button