Comodo AntiSpam Desktop 2005 uses the Authentication Database (ADB) to hold a list of email addresses which, have either an Allowed or Blocked designation. When you retrieve your email using your email client application (e.g. Outlook Express or Outlook), the sender of each message is checked against all email addresses in the ADB. If a match is found and it is designated Allowed, the email is immediately allowed to pass to your email application client. If a match is found and it is designated Blocked, the email either immediately deleted or is stored in the Quarantine Database for a prescribed period of time, whichever you choose. AntiSpam provides an ADB viewer where you can view, add, remove, import and export additional addresses.
Display Addresses that are: This control allows you to view only the selected (allowed, blocked, white list, or black list) entries. Any or all of the check boxes may be selected. This feature is very useful when you are looking for a specific ADB entry.
Sort By: This control allows you to sort the ADB entries by name, domain or zone (the zone is designated by the letters following the dot in an email address).
Email Account: Comodo AntiSpam Desktop 2005 keeps a separate ADB for every email account you use. This control allows you to view the specific ADB for the selected account.
Blocked Messages Action: This control tells Comodo AntiSpam Desktop 2005 what to do with messages from blocked sources. You can either leave them in the Quarantine Database (QDB) where they will remain until the quarantine period has expired or you can have them deleted immediately.
Add: Pressing the Add Button brings up the Add Email Addresses screen where you can Add more addresses to your Authentication Database. See The Authentication Database section.
Remove: Pressing the Remove Button causes the selected addresses to be deleted from the Authentication Database.
Import: Pressing the Import Button brings up Import Addresses screen where you can import white and black lists from the comodo server or from a file located on your computer.
Export: Pressing the Export Button brings up Export Addresses screen where you can export your Authentication Database to local file on your computer. This allows you to share your Authentication Database with friends, family members or colleagues.
Each address can have one of the following controls:
Allow Email From: If selected, messages from that sender address are always allowed.
Allow Everyone in Domain: If selected, all messages from the given domain are allowed, except if other ADB address from the same domain have Block Email From selected. In which case these individual addresses can be blocked, while allowing everyone else in the domain.
Allow Distribution List: If selected, that address is always allowed.
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The messages To and Cc addresses are authenticated for distribution lists, as distribution list subscribers are generally Blind Carbon Copied (Bcc). |
Block Email From: If selected, messages from that sender address are always blocked.
Block Everyone in Domain: If selected, all messages from the given domain are blocked, except if other ADB address from the same domain have Allow Email From selected. In which case these individual addresses can be allowed, while blocking everyone else in the domain.
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Allow Email From has precedence over Block Everyone in Domain. |
Pressing the Add button in the Authentication Database brings up the following screen where you can add new addresses. Here, you can either Allow or Block senders, domains or entire IP addresses.
Pressing the Import button in the Authentication Database brings up the following screen. Here you can add addresses to you Authentication Database from various sources listed below.
Using the Import Addresses to the Authentication Database, you can import entire lists of addresses for all your email accounts to use or just the selected Import To selected account. Lists can be imported from the following sources:
Import your email client address book: Select which email client application you are using, select which accounts’ Authentication Database to import To, and then press the Import button. Each address found in your address book is added to the ADB with Allow Email From status.
Import a white or Black list from the comodo server: Select the Import White/Black Lists radio button and press the Select White/Black Lists button to view the White/Black lists hosted on the comodo site or press the Browse button to select a file located on your computer.
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You can import from comodoantispam.com white-list email addresses and black-list email addresses to add to your ADB. The black-list includes known spammer addresses that will be authenticated as blocked. The white-list addresses are trusted senders and will be authenticated as allowed. |
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