What I don't understand is, what is the difference between these 2
entries:
@example.com and .example.com
(obviously the difference is the @ and the ., but what exactly does
this mean?)
The blacklisting works on a partial match. So if you have @example.com,
it would catch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The preceeding @ ensures that the match is an email with the example
domain. The preceeding . ensures that the match is the domain used in a
host link like www.example.com and so forth. Without these preceeding
characters the following might also match incorrectly...
legitimatexample.com
Using
The preceding @ ensures that the match is an email with the example
domain. The preceding . ensures that the match is the domain used in a
host link like www.example.com and so forth. Without these preceding
characters the following might also match incorrectly...
legitimatexample.com
