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Alibaba Mail:Mail Rules

Last Updated:Jun 04, 2026

Configure mail rules to control email approval, monitoring, and filtering for your organization.

Mailbox administrators set mail rules to manage approval, monitoring, and filtering of members' incoming and outgoing emails.

Note

Historical changes:

Mail Monitoring, Approval, and Filter rules are now merged into Mail Rules. Existing rules are preserved and do not need to be reconfigured.

Procedure

1. Log in to Domain Management. Go to Security Management > Mail Rules and click Create Rule.

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2. Configure rule details

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Rule name

Identifies each rule.

Apply

Defines the rule scope. Select All members or Designated departments and members.

Except

Excludes specific members from the rule.

  • Use Add from Contacts to add departments or members in batch.

  • Supports including sub-departments when adding departments.

Note

Test on a small scale before expanding the scope to avoid disrupting email communication.

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When all of the following conditions are met

Conditions:

  • Email Scopesimage

  • Senderimage

  • Recipientimage

  • The mail size range isimageBoundary values are not included in the range

  • Mail contains attachmentsimage

  • Apply to all mailimage

Actions

Defines the actions to execute when the rule triggers.

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For detailed explanations of the execution actions, please refer to the corresponding documents:

Email approval

Emails from specified accounts or department members that meet the conditions require reviewer approval before delivery.

Email filtering

Bounces, marks as spam, or deletes inbound emails received by employees that meet the conditions.

Email monitoring and forwarding

Automatically forwards emails from specified accounts or department members that meet the conditions to the monitor's mailbox.

Except

Excludes emails that match this condition.

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Remarks

Describes the rule purpose for future reference. Maximum 100 characters.

3. Click Preview Rule to verify the settings, then click Save.

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4. Toggle the status from Disable to Enable to activate the rule.

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5. To modify a rule later, use the Edit Rule, View Rule, Delete, or Disable options on the mail rule management page.image