The Friendly Relations System or
"Friends" is a spam prevention system that will check incoming mail
based upon a list of known email addresses. The Friends system can
operate in the following modes:
Kids Safe mode
This is the highest level of safety. Mail
is only allowed through if the inbound email address is in the list of
known friends. If this is not the case the inbound message is bounced
with a notification that this person is not accepting mail from unknown
senders. This safe mode message can be customised
at the server level by creating a text file "kids-safe.eml" in the
SurgeMail directory.
Keep track of Friends but don't block
anything or request confirmation
This mode is most similar to "Request
confirmation mode", the
difference is that this mode does not hold messages from unknown senders
and it does not send a message to them requesting confirmation. So it
simply applies the friends list, accepting known friends and leaving
unknown ones for another feature/filter to deal with.
Request confirmation mode
In this mode if a message is received
from an unknown user an email is sent to this person requesting them to
respond to confirm that they are human. If a response is received the
original message will be delivered. On a regular basis a status report
message is sent to the user providing information of the friends system
and any mail pending delivery.
The Friends system may be temporarily
disabled if an urgent message is expected from an unknown address using
the "Un-Block" button. This will effectively turn either the "Request
confirmation mode" or the "Kids safe mode" into "Allow all mail through"
for a period of three hours.
SmiteSpam mode
In this mode if a message is recieved from
an unknown user and it gets a SmiteSpam rating of more than selected
then a request confirmation message is sent as per the 'request
confirmation mode' above.
Configuration:
The friends system must be enabled at
server level.
If enabled at server level, the following settings can be set by the
user:
Message
The message sent to users to request
confirmation that they are human.
Exceptions
A set of rules defining email that is
exempt from the friends email filtering system.
Pending
A list of pending messages currently
awaiting confirmation that the sender is human.
Incoming/Outgoing
List of messages received and sent.
Log
Log of actions performed on the Friends
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