Black List

Overview

The Black List contains email address entries that bocks emails from that particular sender and 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 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.

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 match against senders for blocking. 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.

Columns

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.

Toolbar Options

Each List display offers a toolbar about each allowing access to various functions. Hovering the mouse over each of the toolbar icons will display further details on that action. Some actions are only available after an entry in the List Display is actually selected. The options can also be selected by clicking the right mouse button on a mouse. Each toolbar button has an associated hot key which can also be used to access the option. The shortcut keys are displayed in the right click popup menu.

Delete Selected Items Deletes the highlighted emails

Delete All Deletes all entries in the current queue. Use with caution

Move To White List Moves the selected entries to the white list

Refresh Refresh the list.

Add Entry Adds an entry to the current list.