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OverviewWhat is AliasFleet?Creating an AliasEmails Not ArrivingContact Support

Getting Started

Getting Started
  • What is AliasFleet?
  • Your First Alias
  • Understanding Forwarding
  • Your Dashboard at a Glance

Account & Billing

Account & Billing
  • Your Plan and Usage Limits
  • Upgrading to Pro
  • Managing Your Subscription
  • Downloading Invoices
  • Support Ticket Limits
  • Membership Tier
  • Billing Cycle and Renewal
  • API Rate Limits by Plan

Billing Support

Account & Billing
  • Cancelling Your Subscription
  • Downgrading Your AliasFleet Plan
  • Understanding Proration and Plan Changes
  • Updating Your Payment Method
  • Handling Failed Payments and Account Suspension
  • AliasFleet Refund Policy

Email Aliases

Email Aliases
  • Creating and Managing Aliases
  • Activating and Deactivating an Alias
  • Deleting an Alias
  • Sorting, Filtering and Searching Aliases
  • Grid View vs List View
  • Grouping Aliases
  • Alias Categories
  • Copying an Alias Address
  • Per-Alias Email Banner Settings
  • Alias Permission Mode
  • Sending Outbound Emails (Quick Send)

Custom Domains

Custom Domains
  • Adding a Custom Domain
  • DNS Verification
  • Domain Status and Health Indicators
  • Subdomains
  • Removing a Domain
  • Using Your Domain on Aliases

Destinations

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  • What Is a Destination?
  • Adding a Destination
  • Verifying a Destination
  • Setting a Default Destination
  • Reply from Aliases
  • Send New Emails from Aliases
  • Understanding Email Threading & Replies
  • One-Click Enable from Bounce Email
  • Removing a Destination
  • PGP Encryption for Destinations
  • WKD Auto-Encryption for Replies & Sends

Security & Privacy

Security & Privacy
  • Security Best Practices
  • Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
  • Active Sessions
  • Changing Your Password
  • What Data AliasFleet Stores
  • Reporting a Security Issue
  • Browser Extension Sessions
  • How to Use Vault Lock in the Extension

Rate Limiting

Security & Privacy
  • Rate Limiting & Account Protection

Settings

Settings
  • General Settings
  • Profile Settings
  • Alias Settings
  • Destinations in Settings
  • Notification Settings
  • Security Settings
  • Deleting Your Account

Analytics

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  • Analytics Overview
  • Alias Performance
  • Top Senders
  • Trends
  • Bounces
  • Bandwidth Usage
  • Category Breakdown
  • Exporting Analytics Data
  • Understanding Your Alias Statistics
  • How Monthly Trends Work

Sender Rules

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  • Using Sender Rules
  • Blacklist vs Deactivating an Alias
  • Using Sender Rules to Allow Senders (Whitelist)
  • Blocked Emails Explained

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  • Identity & Token Introspection API
  • Aliases API
  • Alias Destinations & Batch Operations API
  • Domains API
  • Destinations API
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Using Sender Rules

Using Sender Rules

How to block senders, domains, and patterns from reaching your aliases

3 min read
Updated May 12, 2026

Go to the Sender Rules page and select the Blocked Senders tab. This tab lists every blocking rule on your account and lets you add new ones.

What a blocked sender rule does

When a rule matches an incoming email's sender address, that email is dropped before forwarding. The sender gets a delivery failure. Nothing reaches your inbox.

Rules apply across all your aliases — blocking spam@example.com stops that sender from reaching any alias on your account, not just one specific alias.

The three block types

Exact Email — blocks one specific address. Use this for a specific sender you want to stop.

Example: promo@retailer.com

Entire Domain — blocks every address from a given domain. Useful when a whole domain is sending junk and you don't want anything from them.

Example: entering spammer.com blocks anyone@spammer.com, noreply@spammer.com, and so on.

You can also check the Include subdomains option to block all subdomains of this domain as well (e.g. anyone@sub.spammer.com). If not checked, only the root domain is blocked.

Pattern (wildcard) — blocks addresses matching a pattern. Use * to match any number of characters, ? to match a single character.

Examples:

  • newsletter-*@example.com blocks any address starting with newsletter- from that domain
  • *@*.ru blocks all addresses from any .ru domain

Adding a rule

Click Add Blocked Sender. Choose the block type, enter the address, domain, or pattern, and optionally add a reason so you remember why you added it later. Click Add Rule to save.

Toggling a rule on and off

Each rule you've added has a toggle. When it's off the rule is paused — emails from that sender pass through again — but the rule stays on your list so you can re-enable it any time.

This is useful if you temporarily want to allow a sender back without permanently deleting the rule.

Deleting a rule

Click the trash/menu icon on a rule and confirm delete. The rule is gone immediately and the sender can reach your aliases again.

Searching your rules

The search bar filters your rules by address or pattern. Useful if you have many entries and need to find a specific one.

The blocked count

Each rule shows how many emails it has stopped. Useful for knowing which rules are actually working hard and which ones have never fired.

Global rules

Some entries show a Global badge. These are rules maintained by AliasFleet that apply to all accounts — known spam infrastructure, malicious senders, and so on. You can see them in your list but can't edit or delete them.

Auto rules

Entries with an Auto badge were added automatically by AliasFleet when suspicious activity was detected on a sender. You can review, toggle, or delete these just like manual rules.

Adding from Analytics

From Analytics → Top Senders, you can click on a high-volume sender you want to block and be taken directly to the Sender Rules page with that address pre-filled. This is the fastest way to block a sender you identified through your stats.

Frequently Asked Questions

What pattern types can I use to block senders?

Exact email blocks one address, entire domain blocks all addresses from that domain, and patterns use wildcards like * and ?.

What's the difference between Global and Auto rules?

Global rules are maintained by AliasFleet for all accounts (spam infrastructure). Auto rules are added when suspicious activity is detected.

Can I see how many emails a rule has blocked?

Yes, each rule shows a blocked count so you can see which rules are actively working.

How do I quickly blacklist from analytics?

Go to Analytics → Top Senders, click on a high-volume sender you want to block, and you'll be taken to the blacklist with that address pre-filled.

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