Bypassing Rules/Filters

Bypassing Rules / Filters

To enhance capabilities of IceWarp Server, increase its performance and ease administration, it offers possibility to use bypassing. You can find it on many places, e.g. within Antispam, Antivirus, Content Filters, etc. It allows you to bypass rules/filters processing for certain senders, recipients, domains, email addresses, etc.

Click the "B" button to specify a bypass list. In the Bypass dialog, you can specify the bypass items.

Figure. Rules.

Bypass button available in Mail - Rules - Content Filters.

Use the Add and Edit buttons to create/edit a record. The Bypass Item dialog opens:

Figure. Bypass item dialog.

Field	Description
Type	Select the bypass item type. For the list, see the Value feature description.
Value	Fill in or select the appropriate value for bypass item types: All (= Sender, Recipient, IP Address): email address, domain, IP address Sender: email address or domain Recipient: email address or domain Local Sender: leave the Value field blank (emails of all local senders will bypass rules/filters processing) Trusted session: leave the Value field blank (emails of all authenticated users or users connected from trusted IP will bypass rules/filters processing) DNS A: sever hostname IP/Pattern: IP address that you can find in the SMTP log of the senders connection. You can use wild cards and bitmasks. E.g. 192.168.. or 172.16.10.0/24 DNSWL: a name of the DNSWL server that you trust/use, for more DNSWL servers create more bypass records File: path to the bypass file with defined bypass items; e.g. c:\data\bypass\allbypass.dat
Comment	Enter bypass description.

Field

Description

Type

Select the bypass item type. For the list, see the Value feature description.

Value

Fill in or select the appropriate value for bypass item types:

All (= Sender, Recipient, IP Address): email address, domain, IP address
Sender: email address or domain
Recipient: email address or domain
Local Sender: leave the Value field blank (emails of all local senders will bypass rules/filters processing)
Trusted session: leave the Value field blank (emails of all authenticated users or users connected from trusted IP will bypass rules/filters processing)
DNS A: sever hostname
IP/Pattern: IP address that you can find in the SMTP log of the senders connection. You can use wild cards and bitmasks. E.g. 192.168.*.* or 172.16.10.0/24
DNSWL: a name of the DNSWL server that you trust/use, for more DNSWL servers create more bypass records
File: path to the bypass file with defined bypass items; e.g. c:\data\bypass\allbypass.dat

Comment

Enter bypass description.

Use the Delete button to remove the selected record. Click the Text File button to reveal the editable text file with current records. To reveal syntax rules, click the Comment button here.