What is the difference between "trusted" and "exclusive" senders?
I have not been able to find a clear, concise explanation of the difference between "trusted" and "exclusive" senders (-- but perhaps I missed something). From reviewing the application screens, FAQ and forums, I'm under the impression that:
A trusted sender is allowed to send to any address of an SG account. For example, a trusted sender could send to a.sgacct@spamgourmet.com, b.sgacct@spamgourmet.com, c.sgacct@spamgourmet.com.
An exclusive sender is allowed to send only to a specific address of an SG account. For example, an exclusive sender could send to a.sgacct@spamgourmet.com, but not b.sgacct@spamgourmet.com or c.sgacct@spamgourmet.com.
In both cases, the remaining message count would not be decremented.
I understand that spamgourmet is designed to:
(a) allow only one exclusive sender per ADDRESS (for example, a.sgacct@spamgourmet.com). (However, per the forum thread, a pipe ("|") can be used to workaround this.)
(b) allow multiple trusted senders per ACCOUNT (for example, sgacct@spamgourment.com).
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Where to add/edit/delete trusted and exclusive senders?
Trusted senders are maintained on the main "advanced mode" page.
Exclusive senders are maintained in the "update address" window (via "advanced mode" > "search addresses" box > click on "word" (first column) > "update address" window).
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A lot of my confusion was caused by an initial misinterpretation that trusted and exclusive senders were synonymous -- which they aren't. The purpose of posting this summary is to help others that may also get confused (-- as well as to invite feedback/corrections from others if I'm still confused! <smile>)
SG is a great product and will sure be useful to me in the future.