External Address Verification - Wildcard Examples

Wildcard Usage for Domain Names

Example 1 (No Wildcards):

External Address Verification is enabled for specified domains. Only the following specified domain names will be available for External Address Verification. No wildcard usage is made.

Domain Name

"mail.domain.com"

"mail.subname.domain.com"

"subname.domain.com"

"domain.com"

Example 2 (Wildcard Usage):

External Address Verification is enabled for specified domains. The following are examples of valid and invalid wildcards designed for External Address Verification.

Domain Name
*.domain.com	mail.domain.com - VALID mail.dude.domain.com - VALID subway.atlanta.domain.com - VALID mail.newyorkdomain.com - NOT VALID domain.noway.com - NOT VALID
*domain.com	mail.newyorkdomain.com - VALID domain.noway.com - VALID mail.domain.com - NOT VALID mail.dude.domain.com - NOT VALID subway.atlanta.domain.com - NOT VALID
domain.*.com	NOT A VALID WILDCARD
dom*.com	NOT A VALID WILDCARD
dom*	NOT A VALID WILDCARD
domain.*	NOT A VALID WILDCARD
.domain..com	NOT A VALID WILDCARD - Only one asterisk is honored and handled as a wildcard.