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GFI MailEssentials 7 Anti-Spam | 130
NOTE
You can download updates using a proxy server. For more information, refer to Proxy
settings (page 221).
4. 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).
5. Click Apply.
NOTE
GFI MailEssentials also provides a Bayesian Analysis wizard that enables you to train the
Bayesian Analysis filter from a machine other than where GFI MailEssentials is installed.
For more information, refer to Training the Bayesian Analysis filter (page 266).
7.1.13 Whitelist
NOTE
Whitelist affects only Anti-Spam filters and not email security and content filtering
The Whitelist contains lists of criteria that identify legitimate email. Emails that match these criteria
are not scanned by anti-spam filters and are always delivered to the recipient. Emails can be
whitelisted using the following criteria:
Sender’s email address, email domain or IP address
Senders to whom an email was previously sent (Auto-whitelist)
Recipient (exclude local email addresses from having emails filtered)
Keywords in email body or subject
The whitelist and autowhitelist features are enabled by default.
Important notes
Using the autowhitelist feature is highly recommended since this eliminates a high
percentage of false positives.
In Keyword Whitelist it is recommended to add terms that spammers do not use and
terms that relate to your nature of business, for example your product names. Entering
too many keywords increases the possibility of emails not filtered by GFI MailEssentials
and delivered to users’ mailboxes.
Whitelisting an internal user defeats the purpose of the Anti-Spoofing filter. For more
information, refer to Anti-Spoofing (page 117).
Configuring Whitelist
1. Go to Anti-Spam > Whitelist.