Preferences - Security

IP-Filter
IP-Filters are used to restrict connections to and from other clients. All IP ranges that are entered in the ipfilter.dat file cannot connect to eMule nor can eMule connect to them. This file can be edited via the Edit Button and is saved in eMule's install folder. For more information on filtering IP see the topic IP Filter of this FAQ.
eMule has to Reload the ipfilter.dat file before any changes apply.

o Filterlevel
Each entry of the ipfilter.dat has an access level assigned. This value describes how trustworthy this entry is. High values (default 128+) are considered secure whereas lower values are to be blocked. The Filterlevel determines the limit of blocking. Each entry in ipfiletr.dat which has an access lower than the set Filterlevel will be denied connection to eMule. The default value should not be changed.

o Filter Servers too
The IP-Filter rules are usually only valid for other clients. This option will extend the filtering to servers as well.

o Update from URL
Entering a link to a filter file and pressing Load will add the found IPs to eMule's ipfilter.dat. See the IP Filter chapter for links and more information

Messages
Unwanted messages can be blocked by entering them in this filed. If the text matches no messages will be displayed. Multiple messages may be chained using | as separator.

o Accept from friends only
All messages except from users added to the friends list will be blocked.

o Accept from valid clients only
This setting makes sure, that messages are only accepted, if the sender client is valid and does not appear to be a fake. This setting should be turned on.

o Advanced Spam Filter
The Advanced Spam Filter will check every incoming message. If any of the following filter criteria is met, the sender of the message will be ignored. A spam ignore will last for the current session only.

>	A webadress or URL is sent on first contact
>	The user already sent 5 messages without receiving a reply

Users on the friends list will never be marked as spammer.

Comment
This functions works like the message block above but is applied to file comments

Note:
File comments should help other users to judge the quality of a download. They are not intend to talk about the weather or for advertisements of any sort. Please leave proper comments.

Miscellaneous
o Use secure identification
It is recommended to use the secure user identification. For more information on this topic see here.

Applies to Version: .29b +
Last Update: 2003-06-20 by Monk