From 0cc878654ca82cd1d56b16643e358a22864f7d73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ScrumpyJack Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 13:55:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Home (markdown) --- Home.md | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Home.md b/Home.md index d203b7e..8a8573d 100644 --- a/Home.md +++ b/Home.md @@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ values for the following: * **whitelisted_ips**: Lists IPs that can send you email without going through greylisting. -* **whitelisted_hostnames**: Lists hostnames that can send you email without -greylisting. This hostname is retrieved by hermes from the reverse -resolution of the ip. It basically allows you to whitelist big chunks +* **whitelisted_hostnames**: List of remote hostnames that can send you email without +being greylisted. The hostname is retrieved by Hermes from the reverse +resolution of the IP. It basically allows you to whitelist big chunks of machines that you want to whitelist and that have a common domain. It will allow partial matches, so for example adding an entry for ".google.com" will whitelist all machines that send email for google. @@ -76,23 +76,23 @@ domains ending in google.com to send you mail, so, for example, I could register spamgoogle.com and send you spam without going through greylisting. -* **whitelisted_tos**: lists email accounts that you don't want greylisting +* **whitelisted_tos**: List of local email accounts that you don't want greylisting for. I use it for whitelisting specific accounts that need to receive email. For example alerts at domain.com -* **whitelisted_domains**: the same but for whole domains. I use it +* **whitelisted_domains**: The same but for whole domains. I use it regularly for customers that complain about the email delay, usually because they receive email from many non-repeating different sources. -* **blacklisted_ips**: ips of hosts you want to blacklist. Keep in mind +* **blacklisted_ips**: IPs of hosts you want to blacklist. Keep in mind that we will ALWAYS return a temporary error, so if you later change your mind about the blacklist you will receive all the email that was previously rejected (if they are not very old, of course). -* **blacklisted_froms**: email accounts you don't want to receive mail +* **blacklisted_froms**: Remote email accounts you don't want to receive mail from. The same caveat as on blacklisted_ips applies. -* **blacklisted_tos**: +* **blacklisted_tos**: Local email accounts that will always have their incoming mail greylisted? There is no way to whitelist a specific "from" address, as that would mean that any spammer guessing it (not that difficult) could easily