WADSNET MailSafe SPAM Firewall - Whitelist Tutorial
Last updated: 01/23/2006

User agreement
Because there is a limit to the size and age of quarantine emails, by using the whitelist/quarantine feature, you agree that WADSNET takes no responsibility and is not liable for any deleted or undelivered email.  If you do not agree, DO NOT use this feature and close this page.

Creating a whitelist 
WADSNET MailSafe Spam Firewall protects you against spam and viruses.  MailSafe can also create a list that will only allow certain email address to come to you, block certain emails and save the rest. To do this:

  1. Email support@wadsnet.com  your email address and stating that you would like to create a whitelist and quarantine all emails
  2. Start your web browser and open to http://mailsafe.wadsnet.com:8000/cgi-bin/index.cgi
  3. Enter your email address in the Username field and click Create new password.
  4. Close out of your web browser
  5. Start your email client
  6. Check for new email
  7. Look for a new email from "WADSNET MailSafe Spam Firewall"
  8. This email contains your username and password.  Note:  This is NOT the same password as your email address. 
  9. Click on the link in the email.  This will open up your web browser and take you to the spam firewall
  10. Click the PREFERENCES tab 
  11. Click on the Quarantine Settings sub-tab.
  12. Check Daily under the Quarantine Notification section and click Save changes.
  13. Click the Whitelist/Blacklist sub-tab
  14. Add the email addresses you want to email you in the Whitelist and click Add.  Repeat for all email addresses. 
  15. Add the email addresses you want to block in the Blacklist and click Add.
  16. All other emails will be quarantined or saved up to 15 days.  After 15 days, the emails will be automatically deleted.  There is NO way to retrieve emails once deleted.  
  17. To add quarantine emails to your whitelist, click on QUARANTINE INBOX tab, check the emails you want to whitelist and click the whitelist button.  This will add the email address to your Whitelist  and send the email to you.

 

Saving your spam settings
WADSNET upgrades the spam firewall often and some upgrades require complete user deletion.  Save your settings often.  To save your settings:

  1. Start your web browser and open to http://mailsafe.wadsnet.com:8000/cgi-bin/index.cgi
  2. Login
  3. Click the PREFERENCES tab 
  4. Click on the Spam settings sub-tab.
  5. Click on the Backup button
  6. A dialog box will appear
  7. Browse, find a place on your computer to save your spam settings and click save.

 

Restoring your spam settings
To restore your settings:

  1. Start your web browser and open to http://mailsafe.wadsnet.com:8000/cgi-bin/index.cgi
  2. Login
  3. Click the PREFERENCES tab
  4. Click on the Spam settings sub-tab.
  5. Click on the Browse button
  6. Browse, find your saved spam settings on your computer and click open.
  7. Click the Upload now button.

 

Checking your quarantined emails
Once a day, the spam firewall will mail you a list of emails that were quarantined.  If you didn't get an email that means you have no quarantined email.  To check your quarantine list, click the URL/link on the bottom of your email from WADSNET MailSafe spam firewall.

 

Additional notes
  1. Check your quarantine emails often.
  2. Quarantine space is limited to 2 MB.  Old emails will be deleted as new emails are queued.
  3. Quarantine emails are stored up to 15 days.
  4. This only works for emails sent from outside of WADSNET. 
  5. Retrieval of deleted emails are impossible.
  6. Save your spam settings.  WADSNET will not inform you of updates since updates are often automatic.