Boxtrapper - what is the white, ignore, and black list search order

jxmot

• September 24, 2014 22:34

I was wondering what the search order of the white, ignore, and black lists is. I couldn't find it in the documentation, but I'm guessing it is white, ignore, and then black. thanks in advance!

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  cPanelMichael

  • September 25, 2014 13:58

  Hello :) Yes, while not documented, that's the typical behavior for most mail filtering utilities. Are you experiencing different behavior to that? Thank you.

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  jxmot

  • September 25, 2014 23:26

  Thanks for getting back to me.... I've not had any experience with any other filtering utilities but it's how I would design it. I'm not noticing any difference in behavior but knowing the order will help me create white and ignore lists so that the outgoing challenge messages are minimized. I have a few email accounts where I want to block(ignore) everything except for white listed addresses. And so far it's working very well. The Perl reg-ex is pretty easy to figure out.... thanks again!

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  jxmot

  • October 11, 2014 06:21

  Since my original post I've learned a bit more about regex and the order in which the white, ignore, and black lists are checked.... I had an error in the ignore list where I had - from .+\@.+\.co Which also matches '*.com' addresses. That wasn't what I wanted. I only wanted to ignore '*.co' addresses. So before I learned about the use of the regex '$' I had placed a specific 'from user@domain.com' line in the white list and tested the changes. What happened is the ignore list is checked first, not second as previously thought. IMHO that's wrong. I believe that the white list should be checked first, then ignore and black. I've since changed it to - from .+\@.+\.co$ Regards, j

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  Roybar

  • January 03, 2025 17:06

  Had anyone got the white list to work properly?  Even after I enter the rule multiple times on WL the email just dissappears. I think the ignoring list might be interfere 

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • January 03, 2025 17:39

  Roybar - this thread is 10 years old, so could you create a new thread with specific details about the issues you're experiencing?

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  Roybar

  • January 03, 2025 19:19

  Hi !  I've just found full solution to my problem on another thread this platform. Now solved. Was not what I thought it was but workks. 

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