•MailMarshal allows wildcard entries in the following contexts:
•Local domains. See Running the Configuration Wizard.
•User and Group matching for policy groups and rules. See “Understanding User Matching”.
•Receiver HELO name matching. See “Where sender's HELO name is/is not criteria”.
•The Console search and filtering options. See “Using the MailMarshal Console for Email Management”.
•BTM exclusions. See “MailMarshal Properties – Advanced”.
•Outbound TLS domains. See “Securing Outbound Communications”.
In each of these types of entry, MailMarshal supports this syntax:
Character |
Function |
---|---|
* |
Matches any number of characters |
? |
Matches any single character |
[abc] |
Matches a single character from a b c |
[!abc] or [^abc] |
Matches a single character except a b or c |
[a!b^c] |
Matches a single character from a b c ! ^ |
[a-d] |
Matches a single character in the range from a to d inclusive |
[^a-z] |
Matches a single character not in the range a to z inclusive |
The table below gives some examples of results of the wildcard syntax.
Pattern |
Matches |
---|---|
*.ourcompany.com |
pop.ourcompany.com |
*.mail[0-9].ourcompany.com |
mail5.ourcompany.com |
mail[!0-9].ourcompany.com |
mails.ourcompany.com |
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Note: The !, -, and ^ are special characters only if they are inside [ ] brackets. To be a negation operator, ! or ^ must be the first character within [ ]. |