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GFI MailEssentials 7 Anti-Spam | 111
OPTION DESCRIPTION
Enable
EmailBlocklist
Select/Unselect to enable/disable email blocklist.
Add Add email addresses, email domains or an entire domain suffix to the blocklist.
1. Key in an email address, domain (for example, *@spammer.com); or an entire domain suffix
(for example *@*.tv) to add to the blocklist.
2. Specify the email type to match for the emails to be blocklisted.
NOTE
For more information about the difference between SMTP and MIME refer to:
http://go.gfi.com/?pageid=ME_DifferenceSMTPMIME
3. (Optional) You can also add a description to the entry in the Description field.
4. Click Add.
Remove Select a blocklist entry and click Remove to delete.
Import Import a list of blocklist entries from a file in XML format.
NOTE
A list of entries can be imported from a file in XML format in the same structure that GFI
MailEssentials would export the list of entries.
Export Export the list of blocklist entries to a file in XML format.
Search Key in an entry to search for. Matching entries are filtered in the list of blocklist entries.
3. Click Actions tab to select the actions to perform on messages identified as spam. For more
information, refer to Spam Actions - What to do with spam emails (page 135).
4. Click Apply.
Personal Blocklist
The personal blocklist is an additional blocklist that compliments global blocklist . Disabled by default,
the personal blocklist can be enabled for users to enable them to add specific email addresses to a
personal blocklist that they can manage. For management purposes, administrators can also remove
specific email addresses that the users have added to their personal blocklist.
NOTE
For detailed information on how users can add, delete, export and import personal
whitelist and blocklist email addresses, refer to
Enabling/Disabling Personal Blocklist
1. Go to Anti-Spam > Email Blocklist.