Server-side email rules (filters on the server)

Want mail on the server to be sorted or blocked automatically? There are three ways to do that. Choose the simplest one that works.

• Filters in webmail. In webmail you set up rules per mailbox, for example "mail from this address to folder X". These rules also work when your mail program is closed. See Creating a filter in the webmail guide.
• SPAM Filters in DirectAdmin. With these you block senders, domains or words for all mailboxes of a domain.
• Your own Exim filter (for advanced users). This only works for the default email account (your DA username). In your home directory, you create the file .forward, with # exim filter on the first line. A mistake in this file can stop all incoming mail. We do not provide support for this.

Two examples of an Exim filter:

# exim filter
unseen deliver ander@voorbeeld.nl

Also forwards every message to another address. With unseen, the message stays in the mailbox as well.

# exim filter
if $header_subject: contains "factuur"
then
save "$home/imap/jouwdomein.nl/mailbox/Maildir/.Facturen/"
endif

Puts messages with "factuur" (invoice) in the subject into the Facturen folder. That folder must already exist. You can find more information in the Exim documentation.

See also in the DirectAdmin guide: The default email account of your package.

Detailed explanation with screenshots: SPAM Filters: blocking senders, domains and words in the DirectAdmin guide.