Black List
Overview
The Black List contains email address entries that will allow emails from that particular sender to be blocked as well as a number of other functions like statistics.
When using the SMTP Server for direct mail receiving via a MX record emailAI will block senders that are on the Black List before the email is even started to be transmitted. It's the ultimate SPAM prevention.
When POP Delete on Black List is swtiched on the emailAI Pro engine will delete items directly on the POP server before downloading the email.
emailAI Pro will send emails to spam that match to Black List entries. Black List entries are automatically generated when emailAI Pro determines that a sender is a spammer by the challenge / response and email address validation system.
Black List entries may contain wild cards to which senders can partially match to be accepted. For instance adding %spammers.com would automatically match to any sender with their email address that ends in spammers.com. Adding %spam% would blacklist any email address that had the word 'spam' in it.
A sender may match to more than a single entry, ie if spam@spammers.com and %spammers.com was on the Black List and emailAI Pro received an email from spam@spammers.com the entry would be matched and their individual statistics increased.
emailAI Pro will not automatically black list any email addresses that are in local accounts or match local domains. Black list entries can still be made manually through the console.
The black list can also contain URI (URLs) like google.com which the SURBL checking system will check before checking the SURBL block server.
Options / Statistics
Address
The address that will match to the senders address on emails that are received. Wildcards are supported
Last Matched
The last time this entry matched to an incoming email by emailAI Pro
Date Added
The date that the entry was added to the Black List
Matches
The total number of matches this Black List entry has made against senders.
Received
The total number of emails received on this email address. Received gets increased after an email is actually received while matched can happen with pop delete on black list match or incoming directly by the SMTP server.
NW - Never White List
If an email comes in with a keyword on it or another situation occurs in which emailAI Pro tries to enter the entry into the whitelist with this enabled it will not be added
NR - Never Remove
emailAI Pro will automatically purge the black list at the interval specificied in the black list configuration options. When NR is enabled the entry will not be removed during maintenance.