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== Mail Flow Scanning and Filters Order of Processing ==
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!Situation
|You need to know the order of processing filters use to process inbound mail with. You may also need to know what order the filtering service triggers in.
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!Solution
|See the chart below for filter list order of operations as well as additional information regarding:

* Mail Flow Scanning
* PDR rejection
* Scope order
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== Filter list order of operations ==
The Proofpoint Essentials filtering services has different sections of filtering.

====== Custom filter list order of operations ======
The custom filter list is based upon both Sender Lists and a Filter created. This goes in the top down order in the table below:

====== '''Filter Order''' ======
In the filter page, filters are prioritized by a top-down selection in itself.

====== '''Scope Order''' ======
In filter order in the table below, it should be noted that the hierarchy of similar filter type goes:

* End-user has highest priority
* Group has middle priority
* Organization has lowest priority

{| class="wikitable"
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!Order Number
!Type
!Scope
!Action
!Entry Action
|-
|1
|Filter
|End-User
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|2
|Filter
|Group 
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|3
|Filter
|Organization
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|4
|Sender List
|End-User
|Block
|IP Address
|-
|5
|Sender List
|End-User
|Safe
|IP Address
|-
|6
|Sender List
|End-User
|Block
|SMTP Address
|-
|7
|Sender List
|End-User
|Safe
|SMTP Address
|-
|8
|Sender List
|End-User
|Block
|Domain
|-
|9
|Sender List
|End-User
|Safe
|Domain
|-
|10
|Sender List
|End-User
|Block
|Wildcard Domain
|-
|11
|Sender List
|End-User
|Safe
|Wildcard Domain
|-
|12
|Sender List
|End-User
|Block
|Wildcard IP
|-
|13
|Sender List
|End-User
|Safe
|Wildcard IP
|-
|14
|Sender List
|End-User
|Block
|CIDR
|-
|15
|Sender List
|End-User
|Safe
|CIDR
|-
|16
|Sender List
|Group
|Block
|IP Address
|-
|17
|Sender List
|Group
|Safe
|IP Address
|-
|18
|Sender List
|Group
|Block
|SMTP Address
|-
|19
|Sender List
|Group
|Safe
|SMTP Address
|-
|20
|Sender List
|Group
|Block
|Domain
|-
|21
|Sender List
|Group
|Safe
|Domain
|-
|22
|Sender List
|Group
|Block
|Wildcard Domain
|-
|23
|Sender List
|Group
|Safe
|Wildcard Domain
|-
|24
|Sender List
|Group
|Block
|Wildcard IP
|-
|25
|Sender List
|Group
|Safe
|Wildcard IP
|-
|26
|Sender List
|Group
|Block
|CIDR
|-
|27
|Sender List
|Group
|Safe
|CIDR
|-
|28
|Sender List
|Organization
|Block
|IP Address
|-
|29
|Sender List
|Organization
|Safe
|IP Address
|-
|30
|Sender List
|Organization
|Block
|SMTP Address
|-
|31
|Sender List
|Organization
|Safe
|SMTP Address
|-
|32
|Sender List
|Organization
|Block
|Domain
|-
|33
|Sender List
|Organization
|Safe
|Domain
|-
|34
|Sender List
|Organization
|Block
|Wildcard Domain
|-
|35
|Sender List
|Organization
|Safe
|Wildcard Domain
|-
|36
|Sender List
|Organization
|Block
|Wildcard IP
|-
|37
|Sender List
|Organization
|Safe
|Wildcard IP
|-
|38
|Sender List
|Organization
|Block
|CIDR
|-
|39
|Sender List
|Organization
|Safe
|CIDR
|}