White list

The White list is a database of email addresses & domains from which you always wish to receive emails. I.e. mails sent from these email addresses or domains will never be marked as spam.

White listed domains

The configuration of the White list is done from the Anti Spam > Blacklist/White list node. Right-click on this node to bring up the Blacklist/White list properties. The first tab is the White list configuration.

Auto white list

First of all, we recommend switching on the auto white list feature. This feature automatically whitelists email addresses to which you send mail. By automatically storing the recipients of all outbound mails in a database, you will quickly create a reliable and updated white list, without any administration! The white list can store up to 30,000 email addresses. After that the oldest records get replaced.

We highly recommend using this feature. This way you can make more stringent rules for unknown mail senders.

Adding a white listed email entry

To add a white listed domain or email address, click `Add'. Specify the full email address. If you wish to specify an entire domain, specify it as follows `*@companysupport.com'. The `*' is a wildcard to include all email addresses from that domain.

You can also specify wildcards and whitelist entire domain suffixes, for example *@*.mil or *@*.edu. The latter will for example ensure that mail sent from military or educational domains will never been be marked as spam.

White list & newsletters

The Add List button allows you to specify newsletters that you wish to receive. Some newsletters use mailers that do not address the sender in the MIME to field, causing the GFI MailEssentials header checking feature to mark it as spam.

Adding a newsletter/mailing list address

To add a `white listed' list server or newsletter, click on `Add List'. In this dialog you should specify the mime to: address used by the mailer of the list or newsletter. The MIME TO: is the email address to which the email is addressed. To find out the MIME TO: open up a copy of the list mail/newsletter and double click on the to: field. Enter the email address shown in the `Add List' dialog.

Note: You can also use `Add list' to specify a user who's email should NOT be filtered for spam.