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Screenshot 70: Whitelist tab
2. From the Whitelist tab, configure the email addresses and domains to whitelist.
Select/Unselect Enable email whitelist to enable/disable whitelist. Perform the following
actions:
Action Description
Add a whitelist
entry
1. In Email Address/Domain, provide the email address/domain to whitelist. For example: .
*@companysupport.com or. *@*.edu.
2. In Email Type specify the email header field to match for the emails to be whitelisted.
NOTE
For more information about the difference between SMTP and MIME refer to:
http://go.gfi.com/?pageid=ME_DifferenceSMTPMIME
3. (Optional)In Description add a description to the entry.
4. Click Add.
Remove whitelist
entries
1. Select one or more whitelist entries from the Whitelist list.
2. Click Remove.
Search for a
whitelist entry
1. In Search, key in the details of the whitelist entry to search for.
2. Click Search to display list of matching terms.
Show Statistics Use the Show Statistics button to view the total number of emails blocked per whitelist entry.
Import whitelist
entries
1. Specify the full path and filename of the file to use for importing the previously exported
data.
2. Click Import to import entries.
Export whitelist
entries
Click Export to export current list of whitelist entry to an XMLfile.
3. Select the Auto Whitelist tab to configure the following options:
Option Description
Populate Auto
Whitelist
automatically:
If selected, destination email addresses of outbound emails are automatically added to the
auto-whitelist.
Enable Email Auto
Whitelist
Select this option to enable auto-whitelist. Senders of incoming emails are matched against
the auto-whitelist. If the sender is present in the list, the email is forwarded directly to the
recipient’s Inbox.
Maximum entries
allowed in the Auto
Whitelist:
Specify the number entries allowed in Auto-Whitelist. When the limit specified is exceeded,
the oldest and least used entries are automatically replaced by the new entries.
NOTE
Entering a value larger than the default value of 30,000 can negatively affect the
performance of GFI MailEssentials.
4. From the Keyword Whitelist tab, specify keywords that flag emails as valid emails:
Option Description
Enable email body keyword whitelist Select this option to check for keywords in the email body which qualify an
email as valid.
Add keywords to the Body Keywords list.
You can also import or export lists of keywords from/to an XMLfile.
Enable email subject keyword
whitelist
Select this option to check for keywords in the email subject which qualify an
email as valid.
Add keywords to the Subject Keywords list.
You can also import or export lists of keywords from/to an XMLfile.
Match whole words only
(words/phrases in subject/body)
When selecting this option, only whole words from the keyword whitelist are
matched that qualify an email as valid.