This screen enables you to set up a list of sender addresses which you wish to blacklist. Any addresses sent from these addresses will be silently discarded.
If you have blocks in place that have been created either using the Webmail system or using the standard configuration options from the menu interface on __SERVICE__ then when you enter this screen they will be listed, as in the example below.
If you have filters created using the advanced configuration option from the menu interface on __SERVICE__ then your filters should continue to be maintained in that way. Consequently the screen will not display the list of existing filters. Instead the following message will be shown:
Error: Manually maintained .forward file?
The following wildcards can be used:-
'?' matches a single character
'*' matches any number of characters
Hence the following are all valid entries:-
spammer@spamdomain.com
*@jiscmail.ac.uk
?art?
If an invalid address is been provided the status message will provide information. For example if you enter just Spammer will result in the status line entry
Status: Invalid filter: Not a valid __SERVICE__ account and no domain provided |
and the invalid entry will be cleared from the entry field.
Status: Added BLOCK filter |
and the list will be updated to display the new block.
To remove a block simply select the link Remove this block by the relevant filter. The status message will change to show which filter was removed, for example
Status: Removed block number: 1 |
and the block list will be updated on screen.