Features of ban addresses
Ban addresses have some features which are explained below.
The ban address can be reached in Aurea List Manager by going to Members > Ban Addresses
Subscription requests from a banned address are rejected, and administrators are not able to add or import banned addresses.
Bans can be created for domains, user names, or complete email addresses. There is no wild-carding (For example example.*). If a domain is banned, subdomains are banned as well (For example, example.com
bans host.example.com).
You may enter bans one by one, or import a list of bans. Bans can be created for individual lists, sites, or the entire server.
Server administrators have the option of applying bans. When Apply Bans is clicked, all addresses marked as bans appear as unsubscribed after the start of the next ban reload cycle (this task is set to disabled by default).
Applying bans can also be done automatically as a server scheduled task. For more information, see Scheduled Tasks
Types of bans
- Always accept
- Conditionally accept
- Reject
Always Accept
The Always accept bans prevent other addresses from joining. All other addresses are rejected unless there are Always accept or Conditionally accept bans for them. If you
want to restrict membership to a particular domain, use Always accept. Do not use Always
accept bans if you want other addresses to be able to join.
Once an address matches an Always accept ban, no further checks are done on it. Therefore,
an Always accept ban overcomes a Reject ban.
For example, if you have an Always accept rule for example.com, but a Reject rule
for joe@example.com, joe@example.com is still able to join. If you do not want joe@example.com
to join, use Conditionally accept for example.com. Those who do not have an example.com address
are not able to join (For example aol.com, yahoo.com, hotmail.com, and so on.).
Note
Always accept ban rules require a domain
Conditionally Accept
The Conditionally accept ban rules allow the conditionally accepted addresses to join, except
those explicitly rejected with a Reject ban. All other addresses are rejected unless there are Always accept or Conditionally accept rules for them.
For example, if you have a Conditionally accept rule for example.com but a Reject
rule for joe@example.com, everyone at example.com is not able to join except joe@example.com.
Those who do not have an example.com address are not able to join.
Note
Conditional accept ban rules require a domain
Reject
Reject bans the specified addresses from joining, except those with an Always accept
rule. This is the most frequently used ban rule.
For example, if you have a Reject ban for the address mary@example.com, mary@example.com is rejected; all other addresses can join.
Additional ban features
Global Ban Server
ISPs using multiple Aurea List Manager servers may choose to use one as a Global Ban Server. These bans do not appear in the local list of bans, but when apply bans is clicked or scheduled on the localAurea List Manager server, it also checks for bans on the Global Ban Server as well. For more information, see Advanced: Global Ban Settings
FCC Wireless Domains
- The United States government has specified strict rules regulating sending emails to domains used by wireless devices. Aurea List Manager may automatically download the list of wireless domains maintained by the FCC and ban those domains from receiving email. The URL for this list may be changed in Utilities: Administration: Server: Server Settings: Security: Bans.
- Aurea List Manager does not download this list of domains to ban unless the FCC Domains scheduled task is enabled. To have these domains banned, you must either
Apply Bansin Members > Ban Addresses or enable the Apply Member Ban Rules scheduled task. - To view or edit a particular ban, click the user name or edit. You are taken to the Members > Ban Addresses > Edit Ban page.
- You may change the order members are displayed by clicking on the up or down triangles on the column headings. The headings are:
Find Ban
This takes you to Members > Ban Addresses > Find Ban, which allows you to search for bans.
Show All
This displays all bans after searching for a ban
Apply Bans
The server administrator has the option to apply bans. By clicking Apply Bans, all addresses
affected by the current bans are marked as unsubscribed. Bans are not applied automatically unless
you edit the apply bans scheduled
task to do so.
Import Bans
- Lets you create multiple ban rules at once. For more information, see Import Bans
- To search this table, click
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To export this table as a CSV file, click 
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