Utilities: Members: Bans
ListManager can automatically deny subscription requests and postings from addresses you specify in ban rules. ListManager's ban rules can be used as a suppression list, to prevent those who have complained about being sent email from you from being added to a list or from receiving future list postings.
Subscription requests from a banned address will be rejected, and administrators will not be able to add or import banned addresses.
Ban rules can be created for domains, user names, or complete email addresses. There is no "wildcarding" (e.g., "example.*"). If a domain is banned, subdomains are banned as well (e.g., "example.com" bans "host.example.com").
You may enter ban rules one by one, or import a list of ban rules. Ban rules can be created for individual lists, sites, or for the entire server.
Server administrators have the option of applying bans. When apply bans is clicked, all addresses banned by the ban rules will be marked as unsubscribed. Applying bans can also be done automatically, as a server scheduled task.
There are three types of bans rules:
1. Always accept
2. Conditionally accept
3. Reject
Always Accept
"Always accept" bans addresses other than accepted addresses from joining. All other addresses will be rejected, unless there are "Always accept" or "Conditionally accept" rules for them. If you want to restrict membership to a particular domain, use "Always accept".
Once an address matches an "Always accept" ban rule, no further checks will be done on it. Therefore, an "Always accept" ban overcomes a "Reject" ban.
For example, if you have an "Always accept" rule for example.com, but a "Reject" rule for joe@example.com, joe@example.com will still be able to join. If you do not want joe@example.com to join, use "Conditionally accept" for example.com. Those who do not have an example.com address will not be able to join (e.g., aol.com, yahoo.com, hotmail.com, etc.).
Note that "Always accept" ban rules require a domain.
Conditionally Accept
"Conditionally accept" bans other addresses from joining, except those explicitly rejected with a "Reject" ban. All other addresses will be rejected, unless there are "Always accept" or "Conditionally accept" rules for them.
For example, if you have a "Conditionally accept" rule for example.com but a "Reject" rule for joe@example.com, everyone at example.com will be able to join except joe@example.com. Those who do not have an example.com address will not be able to join.
Note that "Conditionally accept" ban rules require a domain.
Reject
"Reject" bans the specified addresses from joining, except those with an "Always accept" rule. This is the most frequently used ban rule.
For example, if you have a "Reject" ban for the address mary@example.com, mary@example.com will be rejected; all other addresses will be able to join.
Global Ban Server
ISPs using multiple ListManager servers may choose to use one as a Global Ban Server. These bans will not appear in the local list of bans, but when apply bans is clicked or scheduled on the local ListManager server, it will also check for bans on the Global Ban Server as well.
Member Ban Main Page
The main page displays 10 member bans. To view more items on the list, click show more at the bottom of the page. These can be sorted by using the up and down arrows next to the column header name. The list can be sorted by Username, Domain, Applies to (which list, site, or server it applies to), or Type (Always accept, Conditionally accept, or Reject). The default sort is by Domain, showing the first 10 alphabetically, by Domain.
The server administrator has the option to apply bans. By clicking apply bans, all addresses affected by the current bans will be marked as unsubscribed. Bans will not be applied automatically unless you edit the apply bans scheduled task to do so.
To edit a member ban, click edit. This opens the Utilities: Members: Bans: New Ban page, where you can make any changes. A particular ban can also be copied or deleted. Click "copy" or "delete" next to the ban member name. ListManager will ask you if you are sure, and then will create the copy or delete the ban. Generally, a member ban will be copied in order to include it on another list or site.
To download a list of bans in CSV (comma separated values) format, click the floppy icon.
More
1. Members
2. Members: Bans
3. Members: Bans: New Ban
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