I have been recommending Proxmox Mail Gateway for Primary Antispam for client email server because of many reasons. Beautiful log tracking is the reason how i use it and recommend it to another person. Beside it, friendly interface and easy to use is another reason how PMG worthy.

Below is one of an example of how i create a rule to block an email by subject.

  • Login to your PMG UI
  • Go to What Object | Create.
Create What Object
  • Click on your created rule then Add | Match Field. For example, i want to block an email with subjectYou Mailbox has been full“.
Create Subject Match Field

Notes
Field: Type of your field on the header (for example subject)
Value: Your blocked Subject

  • Next, Go to Mail Filter Menu | Add new rules.
Create Mail Filter Rule
  • Last, click on your created rule. Choose your What object you have been created (Blocked Subject). And Choose action do you want. I choose quarantine action for match email to this rule.
Example Rule

Now, Try the rule. Below is the example of trapped email.

Trapped Mail

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Dhenandi Putra

Hi, I'm dhenandi, Mac and openSUSE user. An office boy, typist, and man behind this blog. I also write on another blog https://dhenandi.web.id/ in Bahasa Indonesia.

9 Comments

vicent.wu · January 15, 2019 at 3:38 pm

Your article is very useful to me, great
But I ask a question, value does not support other languages? For example, Japanese Chinese, etc.
I don’t know what to do with it.
thks

    Alexey · March 5, 2019 at 3:26 pm

    The same question from me too.

    How to set up correctly this filter in order to block the Russian phrases?

    I am trying to put in Value string some Russian words but the error ”
    Wide character in subroutine entry at /usr/share/perl5/PMG/RuleDB/MatchField.pm line 87. (500)” ocured.

Alexey · January 22, 2019 at 5:23 pm

Unfortunately, this rule doesn’t work in my case.

PMG 5.1-3 version, tried to set the rule to deny and receieve any email from/to one particular address.

I created a new rule In “Who objects”, let’s say “First rule”, than added the particular email there.

Then added in “Mail Filter” a new rule where I selected Block for “First rule” with a priority 100 and made it active.

Neveretheless, I still can receive and send any letters to/from this address.

What shoud I do to make this rule worked?

Thank you.

    Dhenandi Putra · January 25, 2019 at 8:17 pm

    Hello,

    Pardon me for delay response.

    Are you mean you want to block email from/to some address to your account?

    If you don’t mind, please give a touch to m@dhenandi.com, we can discuss to solve this problem 🙂

douaire david · March 18, 2019 at 7:47 pm

Hello,

Your article is really very interesting.

I would like to know how to filter on the content of the mail instead of the subject.

Sincerely,
M DOUAIRE David

david douaire · March 18, 2019 at 8:23 pm

Hello,

Your article is really very interesting.

I would like to know how to filter on the content of the email instead of the subject

Dmitriy Vorotyncev · June 10, 2019 at 4:08 pm

Thank you Dhenandi!

Carlos · May 29, 2020 at 11:57 pm

Hi! Thank you very much! Works for me! Just one cuestion, I can do the same with the mail body? matching words like “click here” or “unsubscribe”?

Hakkı · February 26, 2021 at 4:43 am

Hi, bro. Can we make content filter on proxmox? I want to block banned words.

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