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faq:email:global_mail_rules_configuration [2019/05/16 16:23]
netiaraja [Global Mail Rules]
faq:email:global_mail_rules_configuration [2020/07/21 14:05]
vikki
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-====== Global Mail Rules ======+====== Global Email Rules ======
  
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-The **Global Mail Rules** is for the administrator to further refine their email traffic. It is applicable on the incoming email sender's email address.\\ +The **Global Email Rules** is for the administrator to further refine their email traffic. It is applicable on the incoming email sender's email address.\\
-You have to login as Avomaster/voadmin in order manage these mail rules.\\ +
-Go to **Profile -> Admin -> Global Email Rules** to access the configuration.+
  
 +1. You have to login as an Avomaster/VOadmin in order manage these mail rules.\\
 +2. Referring to the image below, go to **(1)Profile (icon on the top section) -> (2)Admin (rightmost icon) -> (3)Global Email Rules (left side under Admin Task) -> (4)Make any important edits on this section -> (5)Update button to save the edits**.
 +{{faq:general:jmail1.png|}}\\
 +{{faq:email:globmail.png|}}\\
 ==== Rules syntax ==== ==== Rules syntax ====
   * Each line is a rule. A rule may contains wild card like those used by the Bourne shell.\\   * Each line is a rule. A rule may contains wild card like those used by the Bourne shell.\\
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 The following will mark all emails from somedomain.com as Junk: The following will mark all emails from somedomain.com as Junk:
    junk *@somedomain.com    junk *@somedomain.com
-   + 
 +The following will reject (stop delivery) incoming mails from an email address. 
 +   block someone@somedomain.com 
 The following will reject (stop delivery) of all email coming from hotmail domain. The following will reject (stop delivery) of all email coming from hotmail domain.
-   reject *@hotmail.*+   block *@hotmail.*
 Note that the * at the end will basically block all hotmail domain including:\\ Note that the * at the end will basically block all hotmail domain including:\\
 hotmail.com, hotmail.net or hotmail.cc\\ hotmail.com, hotmail.net or hotmail.cc\\
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 **reject** (or block) Reject the email, not going into the delivery system.\\ **reject** (or block) Reject the email, not going into the delivery system.\\
 **junk** Deliver the email, with Junk rank set as 5 at least. **junk** Deliver the email, with Junk rank set as 5 at least.
 +
 +Mail rules take priority over junk ranking and spam filtering system. So if an email passed the rules, it will not be scanned and tagged with junk ranking.\\
faq/email/global_mail_rules_configuration.txt · Last modified: 2020/08/25 16:31 by vikki