Address Lists
Set up email addresses and domains lists to allow, block, apply or exclude from email routing settings.
In the Admin console at https://admin.google.com, click the Apps icon.
Select Google Workspace.
Click Gmail. Make sure not to check the box to the left; just click the service.
Select Compliance.
Under Organizational Units, select the OU with the users whose settings you want to update. The same updates will apply to all sub-OUs under the OU you choose.
By default, if you don’t select an OU, you will add your setting to the top OU, named after your domain. This way, you will apply changes to all users in your account.
You can search for an OU to find it faster if you have a large OU structure.
Find the Restrict delivery setting on this page and click the CONFIGURE button to the right.
If you don’t see the CONFIGURE button, click ADD ANOTHER RULE instead.
Give it a name on top.
Under 1. Add addresses or domains that you want to allow, you need to create a list of all unrestricted emails/domains – anyone not listed there gets rejected.
Click Use existing list if you already have a list created.
If not, click Create or edit list.
Clicking Create or edit list takes you to the Manage address lists section.
You can Edit or Delete the existing rule or click ADD ADDRESS LIST to add a new list.
Give the list a name on top.
Then add the email addresses or domains that you want to add to the list. If you trust the sender, disable the Authentication required button, or you may end up rejecting their emails due to this setting.
Click BULK ADD ADDRESSES to add many addresses at once or click ADD ADDRESS to add a new address.
When you’re ready, click SAVE. Then go back to the Restrict delivery setting.
In the Restrict delivery setting, under 1. Add addresses or domains that you want to allow, click Use existing list.
Check the box to the left of any list you want to add to the setting.
After selecting lists, move on to 2. All messages to or from other addresses and domains will be rejected. Edit the default rejection notice for these messages. This is optional, but you can set up a custom rejection notice here if you want to.
3. Options – check to bypass the setting for internal messages. If you’re doing this, I also recommend adding your domain to the list. Never add a domain with www front. Make sure always to add the naked domain, such as ‘google.com’ instead of ‘www.google.com’
Click SAVE.
It may take up to 24 hours before the changes kick in.
Now you can see your setting listed in the Restrict delivery section.
You can Edit it, Disable it (turn off temporarily), Delete (completely remove, no restore option) or ADD ANOTHER RULE.
Set up email addresses and domains lists to allow, block, apply or exclude from email routing settings.
Add one or more forwardings of all incoming mail from one email address to another.
Quickly set up email delivery rules that apply to incoming emails.
Set up email delivery rules that apply to incoming or outgoing emails.
Allow sending and receiving only from specific domains or email addresses.
Automatically reject emails from specific domains or email addresses.
Set up email delivery rules that apply to emails with specific content.
Set up email delivery rules that apply to emails containing attachments.
Set up email delivery rules that apply to emails containing specific words.
Set up an auto-BCC to a specific email address.
Forward a copy of all incoming or outgoing mail from one email address to another.
Receive emails sent to email addresses that you haven’t set up yet, or ones where the sender made a typo.
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