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Overview:
This interface allows you to filter your server’s incoming email by region or country.
For example, you could use this feature to allow mail only from a single country. The server blocks email messages when the origin is a server in another country.
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The server uses Filter Incoming Emails by Domain and Filter Incoming Emails by Country filters before it uses any other filters or settings on your system to process email.
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We update the GeoIP address list for each major release cPanel & WHM version.
Countries table
This table includes a list of countries and regions. To block email messages, disable the Allowed toggle for that country.
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Country Name — This column lists each country and region from which to block email messages.
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Allowed — This column lists whether a country can send email messages to your server.
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Enable the toggle to allow email messages from that country.
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Disable the toggle to block email messages from that country.
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To allow or block every country, perform the following steps:
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Select the Select All checkbox at the top left of the interface.
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Click Allow Selected to allow the selected countries. Alternatively, click Block Selected to block them.
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