What is a blacklist? What is a whitelist?

A black list is a list of “bad” addresses or domains to refuse email from.  A whitelist is a list of “good”, or known, addresses or domains to accept email from.  You can have a list of these that alter how mail is delivered to you.



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4th of July, 2013

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