The anatomy of an Outlook policy - next policy

If you have a number of Outlook policies which are dependent upon each other, you can create a 'policy chain' using the next policy tab:

Whilst you control the sequence in which Outlook policies are processed using the policy tab, the next policy tab allows you to define specific policy chains based on whether the previous Outlook policy in the chain is or is not applied. These options are:

If this policy is applied then:

• Process the next Outlook signature policy

• Don't process any more Outlook signature policies

If this policy is not applied then:

• Process the next Outlook signature policy

• Don't process any more Outlook signature policies

If this policy is not applied because an exception was matched:

• Process the next Outlook signature policy

• Don't process any more Outlook signature policies

You can use these options for a wide range of scenarios, creating policy chains as simple or as complex as required. For example, you might use the if this policy is applied then > Don’t process any more Signature Manager policies of any type options for a scenario where a Director requires a given signature but does not want a mail format policy to set the default font for messages. Another example might be to define a policy to target a specific group of users and then use the if this policy is not applied then > process the next Outlook signature policy as a way of excluding groups of users without the need to add multiple exceptions.

Unless a next policy option is set to don't process any more Outlook signature policies, Exclaimer Signature Manager Outlook Edition will continue to process policies in the policy lis.