Click Actions tab to select the actions to perform on messages identified as spam.

Select an IP DNS Blocklist and click Remove Selected to remove it. Select an IP DNS Blocklist and click Disable Selected to disable it. Select an IP DNS Blocklist and click Enable Selected to enable it.

Key in the IP DNS Blocklist domain and click Add IP DNS Blocklist. If required, add more IP DNS Blocklists to the ones already listed. Select to enable the IP DNS Blocklist filter.

Go to Anti-Spam > Anti-Spam Filters > IP DNS Blocklist.Ĭheck whether the sending mail server is on one of the following IP DNS Blocklists:.

For more information refer to Perimeter SMTP Server Settings.

Ensure that all perimeter SMTP servers are configured in the Perimeter SMTP servers dialog so that GFI MailEssentials can check the IP address that is connecting to the perimeter servers.

Querying an IP DNS Blocklist can be slow (depending on your connection), so email can be slowed down a little bit.

If this is not the case, time outs will occur and email traffic will be slowed down.

The DNS server must be properly configured for this feature to work.

This filter is enabled by default on installing GFI MailEssentials. For more information refer to SMTP Transmission Filtering. In this case the connection is terminated immediately and emails are not required to go through any other anti-spam filters. SMTP level filtering terminates the email’s connection and therefore stops the download of the full email, economizing on bandwidth and processing resources. This filter can be configured to execute when the full email is received or at SMTP level, that is, emails are filtered while they are being received. Items remain in the cache for 4 days and are cleared on GFI MailEssentials AS Scan Engine service restart. GFI MailEssentials maintains a cache with the results of queries to the IP DNS Blocklist to avoid querying the IP DNS Blocklists multiple times for the same IP addresses. There are a number of third party IP DNS Blocklists available, ranging from reliable lists that have clearly outlined procedures for getting on or off the IP DNS Blocklist to less reliable lists. GFI MailEssentials supports a number of IP DNS Blocklists. IP DNS Blocklist checks the IP address of the sending mail server against a public list of mail servers known to send spam.

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