McAfee Security for Microsoft Exchange 8.6.0

Examples of using wildcards for mailbox exclusions

You can use a comma separator or the wildcard * to exclude folders from VSAPI scanning at mailbox level and at database level.

Examples
Level... To exclude... Configure...
Database level The Draft folders of all mailboxes in the database.
1From the product interface, click Settings & Diagnostics | Mailbox Exclusion Settings.
2From the Available mailboxes pane, select the database.
3In the Folders within the mailbox to be excluded box, type Draft, click >>, then click Apply. The selected mailbox folder is listed in the Mailboxes to exclude pane.
You can't select a database for exclusion without specifying folders to exclude.
All folders in all mailboxes that start with the name person in the database.
1From the product interface, click Settings & Diagnostics | Mailbox Exclusion Settings.
2From the Available mailboxes pane, select the database.
3In the Folders within the mailbox to be excluded box, type person*, click >>, then click Apply. The selected mailbox folder is listed in the Mailboxes to exclude pane.
Mailbox level Multiple folders under a mailbox using a comma separator. For example, you can exclude folders Data1, Project1, and Report1 located under Inbox.
1From the product interface, click Settings & Diagnostics | Mailbox Exclusion Settings.
2From the Available mailboxes pane, select a mailbox.
3In the Folders within the mailbox to be excluded box, type Inbox\Data1,Inbox\Project1,Inbox\Report1, click >>, then click Apply.
Folders and their subfolders.
You can exclude emails in subfolders but scans emails in a folder.
You can exclude emails and subfolders of a folder.
1From the product interface, click Settings & Diagnostics | Mailbox Exclusion Settings.
2From the Available mailboxes pane, select a mailbox.
Inbox\Personal* — To exclude emails and subfolders in the Personal folder from VSAPI scanning.
Inbox\Personal\* — To exclude all subfolders under the Personal folder from VSAPI scanning. The emails in the Personal folder are not excluded from VSAPI scanning.