Definition of whitelist in English:
whitelist
nounˈwʌɪtlɪstˈ(h)waɪtˌlɪst
Computing A list of people or things considered to be acceptable or trustworthy.
the software applies a blacklist of spammers and a whitelist of known good senders
Example sentencesExamples
- He was supportive generally of a so-called white list of countries from which people could not claim to need asylum.
- The so-called white list accepts e-mail only from a list of approved contacts.
- If there is a white list such as AOL, how does one get his company on it?
- Microsoft said yesterday it had introduced a white list scheme to allow well-behaved email marketing firms to reach its customers without falling foul of its spam filters.
- Signing up to white lists and setting tighter firewall parameters is just the beginning of a massive change in the way organisations use and manage email.
- Key benefits of the white list approach are that it prevents intrusion, internally or externally and is simpler, cheaper and more effective than the detect and repair approach required of AV and other blacklist solutions.
- It is a good solution that does not depend on white lists.
- Let me know if this blocks you and I will put it in the white list.
- If you're on my white list then your message will get through with no hassles.
- Working with a California company called IronPort, Microsoft will create a white list of Internet marketers who have paid a fee and demonstrated that they have no record of spamming.
- When I deal with vendors/companies/governments I take the few minutes to enter them into the white list.
- I took down my challenge/response system filters so that anyone who is not a SPAMMER can get through to me without having to be on my white list.
- The Tech support has been incredible but the problem still remains that anyone emailing me from abroad that I haven't added to the white list will not get through.
- There is a list of the basic licensing conditions which will be entitled to exemption, a white list of other permissible clauses, and a black list of impermissible clauses.
- E-mail recipients could decide to only accept mail from people they already know - so called white lists - but those solutions are available and effective today.
- The technology uses a mixture of blacklist rules, white lists (for known good applications) and stateful tracking to protect systems.
- This includes a list of ingredients that are not permitted, as opposed to the white list that focuses on a very substantial list of things that are permitted.
- It's been in place for ages now, it's just that certain people on an utterly illogical white list have been exempt.
- Once you get to the point where you have 10 unsolicited commercial voicemail messages every time you log on people will stop using it or at least only accept calls from people on their white list.
- In these cases, the use of white lists that pre-authorize e-mail from certain source addresses is desirable.
verbˈwʌɪtlɪstˈ(h)waɪtˌlɪst
[with object]Computing Put on a whitelist.
it is not possible to whitelist specific users based on their email address or domain name
Example sentencesExamples
- Reviewing your Graymail is important when you first begin using SpamAssassin, and if you find any messages improperly captured, you can deliver and white list those senders.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from white + list on the model of blacklist.
Definition of whitelist in US English:
whitelist
nounˈ(h)wītˌlistˈ(h)waɪtˌlɪst
Computing A list of people or things considered to be acceptable or trustworthy.
the software applies a blacklist of spammers and a whitelist of known good senders
Example sentencesExamples
- The Tech support has been incredible but the problem still remains that anyone emailing me from abroad that I haven't added to the white list will not get through.
- Microsoft said yesterday it had introduced a white list scheme to allow well-behaved email marketing firms to reach its customers without falling foul of its spam filters.
- If there is a white list such as AOL, how does one get his company on it?
- It's been in place for ages now, it's just that certain people on an utterly illogical white list have been exempt.
- There is a list of the basic licensing conditions which will be entitled to exemption, a white list of other permissible clauses, and a black list of impermissible clauses.
- Signing up to white lists and setting tighter firewall parameters is just the beginning of a massive change in the way organisations use and manage email.
- Once you get to the point where you have 10 unsolicited commercial voicemail messages every time you log on people will stop using it or at least only accept calls from people on their white list.
- The so-called white list accepts e-mail only from a list of approved contacts.
- E-mail recipients could decide to only accept mail from people they already know - so called white lists - but those solutions are available and effective today.
- I took down my challenge/response system filters so that anyone who is not a SPAMMER can get through to me without having to be on my white list.
- Working with a California company called IronPort, Microsoft will create a white list of Internet marketers who have paid a fee and demonstrated that they have no record of spamming.
- When I deal with vendors/companies/governments I take the few minutes to enter them into the white list.
- Key benefits of the white list approach are that it prevents intrusion, internally or externally and is simpler, cheaper and more effective than the detect and repair approach required of AV and other blacklist solutions.
- If you're on my white list then your message will get through with no hassles.
- This includes a list of ingredients that are not permitted, as opposed to the white list that focuses on a very substantial list of things that are permitted.
- It is a good solution that does not depend on white lists.
- In these cases, the use of white lists that pre-authorize e-mail from certain source addresses is desirable.
- Let me know if this blocks you and I will put it in the white list.
- The technology uses a mixture of blacklist rules, white lists (for known good applications) and stateful tracking to protect systems.
- He was supportive generally of a so-called white list of countries from which people could not claim to need asylum.
verbˈ(h)wītˌlistˈ(h)waɪtˌlɪst
[with object]Computing Put on a whitelist.
it is not possible to whitelist specific users based on their email address or domain name
Example sentencesExamples
- Reviewing your Graymail is important when you first begin using SpamAssassin, and if you find any messages improperly captured, you can deliver and white list those senders.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from white + list on the model of blacklist.