Managing global Always Block and Always Permit lists

Administrator Help | TRITON AP-EMAIL | Version 8.2.x

Maintaining lists of IP and email addresses that are either always blocked or always permitted can contribute to the efficiency of your email protection system. Bandwidth and time can be saved when trusted mail can bypass some analysis features (including antispam, commercial bulk, and URL analysis).


	Note Mail from addresses in the global Always Permit list is subject to other email analysis, including antivirus analysis, message control, connection control, directory harvest attack, and relay control.

Managing the Always Block List

You can add an IP or email address directly into the Always Block List from the Main > Policy Management > Always Block/Permit page. You can also add a predefined IP or email address list, remove individual entries from a list, export a list to your desktop as a text file, and search a list.

Messages from an email address that appears in both the Always Block and Always Permit lists will be permitted. Messages from an IP address that appears in both lists will be blocked.

After you finish adding your address entries, you can export the list as a text file by clicking the Export All button and opening your text file or saving it to a desired location.

Remove an individual entry by selecting it in the IP or Email Address List and clicking Remove. You can also search your list for entries by entering keywords in the search field and clicking Search.

Adding an IP address to the Always Block List

Use the following procedures to add IP addresses to the Always Block list:

Click the Always Block tab.

In the IP Address Block List section of the page, add a predefined IP address list by clicking Browse and navigating to the desired text file. The file format should be 1 IP address per line, and its maximum size is 10 MB.

You can also enter an individual IP/subnet address in the IP/Subnet address field. Click the right arrow button to add the individual entry to the IP Address List on the right.

Click OK.

Adding an email address to the Always Block List

Use the following procedures to add email addresses to the Always Block list:

Click the Always Block tab.

In the Email Address Block List section, add a predefined email address list by clicking Browse and navigating to the desired text file. The file format should be 1 email address per line, and its maximum size is 10 MB.

You can also enter an individual email address in the Email address field. Click the right arrow button to add the individual entry to the Email Address List on the right.

Click OK.

Managing the Always Permit List

You can add an IP or email address directly into the Always Permit List from the Main > Policy Management > Always Block/Permit page. You can also add a predefined IP or email address list, remove individual entries from a list, export a list to your desktop as a text file, and search a list.

Email from an address that appears in both the Always Block and Always Permit lists will be permitted. Messages from an IP address that appears in both lists will be blocked.

After you finish adding your address entries, you can export the list as a text file by clicking the Export All button and opening your text file or saving it to a desired location.

Remove an individual entry by selecting it in the IP or Email Address List and clicking Remove. You can also search your list for entries by entering keywords in the search field and clicking Search.

Adding an IP address to the Always Permit List

Use the following procedures to add IP addresses to the Always Permit List:

Click the Always Permit tab.

In the IP Address Permit List section of the page, add a predefined IP address list by clicking Browse and navigating to the desired text file. The file format should be 1 IP address per line, and its maximum size is 10 MB.

You can also enter an individual IP/subnet address in the IP/Subnet address field. Click the right arrow button to add the individual entry to the IP Address List on the right.

Click OK.

Adding an email address to the Always Permit List

Use the following procedures to add email addresses to the Always Permit list:

Click the Always Permit tab.

In the Email Address Permit List section, add a predefined email address list by clicking Browse and navigating to the desired text file. The file format should be 1 email address per line, and its maximum size is 10 MB.

You can also enter an individual email address in the Email address field. Click the right arrow button to add the individual entry to the Email Address List on the right.

Click OK.

Enabling the Dynamic Always Permit List

Enabling the Dynamic Always Permit List function allows some mail exchanged between a sender/recipient address pair to bypass antispam filtering. When mail between a sender to a recipient does not trigger an antispam filter a specified number of times, that sender/recipient address pair is added to the Dynamic Always Permit List. Antispam analysis is not performed on mail between this sender/recipient address pair. When a specified timeout period has elapsed, the address pair is removed from the list.

The Enable Dynamic Always Permit list check box is enabled by default in the Dynamic Always Permit List section. The following settings can be modified:

In the Occurrence field, specify the number of spam-free email exchanges (from 1 to 5) required before a sender/recipient pair is added to the list. Default is 1.

In the Timeout field, enter a value for the timeout interval in hours (from 1 to 720). Default is 720.

Clear the list manually by clicking the Clear Dynamic Always Permit List button. Note that if you disable this function, the list is automatically cleared.