Inbound Delivery Rules for Lists

Use Inbound delivery rules to sort incoming mail messages for each list server mailing list.

Use the Inbound Rules page to add new inbound rules, edit and delete inbound rules, move inbound rule evaluation priority up or down, add rules, and set actions to take on a message that matches the rule criteria.

The Inbound Rules list displays information about each of the active inbound rules for the selected mailing list. The inbound delivery rules for lists are stored in the "rules.ima" file, located in ...\IMail\ListName domain top directory for the primary domain, and under ...\IMail\DomainName\ListName for all non-primary domains.

Note: Rules are processed in the order in which they appear in the Rules list.

Inbound Rules

Domain: Shows the current selected domain. From the drop down you can pick any of the domains available to this administrative user account.

Rules List

Name list. Click a rule name to select and update the conditions and settings.
Action. Displays the action to take on a message that matches the rule condition criteria.
Conditions. Displays the conditions selected for each rule.
Filename. Displays the name of the external rule condition file if it is used. See Storing Search Text in an External Text File.
Destination. Displays the mailbox or e-mail address to forward messages to that match the rule condition criteria. A Destination is only available when Move to Mailbox or Forward are selected in the Action Type list.

Add. Click Add to create a new mail domain rule. For more information, see Adding Inbound Delivery Rules for Domains.

Edit. Select a rule and click Edit, or double click a rule, to modify a rule.

Move Up. Select a rule and click Move Up to move the rule processing order to a higher priority for e-mail filtering. Rules are processed in the order in which they appear in the Rules list.

Move Down. Select a rule and click Move Down to move the rule processing order to a lower priority for e-mail filtering.

Delete. Select a rule that you want to delete from the Inbound Rules list, then click Delete to delete the rule.

Related Topics

Overview of Mail Delivery Rules

Rules Dialog

Creating an Outbound Rule for a Host

How Delivery Rules are stored and processed

Rules Syntax

Adding Multiple Conditions to Rules