Volume Policy Properties: File Blocking Rules

File Blocking monitors disk space in real time, according to the rules that you define in a volume policy.

This page enables you to control which File Blocking rules the policy applies. All the policy rules are applied to files. If more than one rule matches a file then the most restrictive rule applies.

File Blocking rules enable you to block files as follows:

By file type. Inappropriate file types are blocked immediately.
By scanning file content. This option enables you to trap those files that have been renamed to disguise their file types.

Additionally, it is possible to scan the contents of compressed files, such as ZIP files.

You can also control monitoring as follows:

The volume policy enables you to specify any folders that must not be monitored and any folders that must be monitored.
You can edit the properties of a file server to define a list of users whose files are never blocked.
For each server you can enable a quarantine location for blocked files. Files that are blocked as a result of content scanning are moved automatically to the quarantine location. Files that are blocked because of their file types are never moved to quarantine. Optionally, you can define a central quarantine location for all file servers to use.

You can create or modify rules as necessary, as follows:

To create a new rule, click New.
To modify an existing rule, click the rule and then click Edit.
To delete a rule, click the rule and then click Delete.
To enable a rule, select it.
To disable a rule, clear it.

Click File Type Summary to view a summary of the file types that the policy affects. The summary shows the effect of applying all the selected rules.