PureMessage for Unix

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Getting Started
Managing PureMessage
Administrator’s Reference
Policy Script Tutorial
Regular Expression Primer
Copyrights and Trademarks
Installing Sender History Database and Configuring Delay Queue
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Getting Started
This first section of the documentation is directed at administrators who are new to PureMessage. In addition to complete installation and upgrade instructions, it provides an overview of the product and its functionality, and outlines various deployment scenarios.
Managing PureMessage
The PureMessage Manager is a web-based graphical interface to PureMessage. Although there are some administrative tasks that can only be performed from the command line, the majority of tasks can be accomplished via the Manager.
Administrator’s Reference
The Administrator’s Reference provides an in-depth examination of PureMessage. PureMessage began as a Unix-based, command-line mail filtering tool, and it still retains many aspects of its origins.
Policy Script Tutorial
This tutorial describes the syntax used in the policy script, analyzes the default PureMessage policy script, and shows examples of common policy script modifications.
Regular Expression Primer
The Regular Expressions Primer is a tutorial for those completely new to regular expressions. To familiarize you with regular expressions, this primer starts with the simple building blocks of the syntax and, through examples, builds to construct complex expressions.
Copyrights and Trademarks
Installing Sender History Database and Configuring Delay Queue
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A determination that an email message is not spam when in fact it is or that there are no viruses present when in fact there are.

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