{"id":7662,"date":"2025-09-04T17:57:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T21:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/?p=7662"},"modified":"2025-10-01T14:28:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:28:01","slug":"new-in-exchangedefender-policy-import-export","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/new-in-exchangedefender-policy-import-export\/","title":{"rendered":"New in ExchangeDefender: Policy Import &amp; Export"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/New-in-ExchangeDefender-Policy-Import-Export.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/New-in-ExchangeDefender-Policy-Import-Export-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/New-in-ExchangeDefender-Policy-Import-Export-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/New-in-ExchangeDefender-Policy-Import-Export-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/New-in-ExchangeDefender-Policy-Import-Export-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/New-in-ExchangeDefender-Policy-Import-Export-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/New-in-ExchangeDefender-Policy-Import-Export.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2466e0cc65de99fc14f669a5616849b9\">We\u2019re excited to roll out a brand-new feature in ExchangeDefender that makes managing your Allow\/Block lists faster, smarter, and more flexible: <strong>Policy Import &amp; Export<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9c8809d919e5caabf9b8f509ba122153\">Your Allow\/Block lists are one of the most powerful tools you have for controlling what lands in your inbox. With ExchangeDefender, you already get this control at three levels:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-510231e09dd7f59c97f812be7d747be9\"><strong>Service Provider<\/strong> (big-picture defaults),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-b0d644856320bd0a48cf5ef2470eebbd\"><strong>Domain<\/strong> (organization-wide policies),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a5ec1b4d8638d1b71386534f8c71efb2\"><strong>User<\/strong> (personalized lists managed directly by each user).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-499eeaf89ea66e3e5c00d91666957dfa\">ExchangeDefender makes them available on the Service Provider level, Domain level where they apply to every user in the organization, and User level where they are managed by the end user themselves by interacting with ExchangeDefender and their mail flow<strong>. Now you have the ability to export and import allow and black lists and manage your policies in bulk.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#f6f6f6\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why We Built This<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2ca9ccb320ace65ff62719e1883c4433\">Sure, partners have been asking for it\u2014but that\u2019s only part of the story. More and more, compliance teams, auditors, and SOC analysts want visibility into these policies. On top of that, IT admins are looking for better ways to integrate with SIEM, pull data into logs, or just do some long-overdue cleanup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fb79d6da42646e47524165fb2e005348\"><strong>With Import &amp; Export, you\u2019ve got the flexibility to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-cc8968e6c558efa3e70098da04ead6c7\">Verify compliance with external audits.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9ed0f0efbfda647ff3b1a6f83fbb5b9a\">Sync policy data with your security tools.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-c8b3dd0f513909f6b14b94abd188b545\">Clean up legacy lists in one shot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#f6f6f6\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"833\" height=\"471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-3-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-3-1.png 833w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-3-1-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-3-1-768x434.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 833px) 100vw, 833px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How It Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5d881d0ba15197052bcdce89fdedb63a\" style=\"background-color:#dff2fa\"><strong>Head over to <a href=\"https:\/\/admin.exchangedefender.com\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/admin.exchangedefender.com\">admin.exchangedefender.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-aa0c8804f834239a3d854d3e76fa8bdd\"><strong>Users<\/strong>: Go to <strong>Trusted Senders<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-9529665b2be49c49ea17ff34936d6511\"><strong>Domain Admins<\/strong>: Go to <strong>Allow \/ Block List<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0acd6981523ce1e35760fa59d4389b05\">You\u2019ll see shiny new <strong>Import<\/strong> and <strong>Export<\/strong> buttons right at the top. Go to your <strong>Trusted Senders <\/strong>(as user) or <strong>Allow \/ Block List<\/strong> (as domain admin) and you will see an Import and Export button on the top left. The interface is simple and intuitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#f6f6f6\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-8.png 810w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-8-300x273.png 300w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-8-768x699.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exporting Policies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5a7b2ce8b7d4d9d94e6a70679ec48bb3\">Need a backup or want to feed your SIEM? Click <strong>Export<\/strong>, pick your scope (allow or block), and choose your format (.csv or .xlsx).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b96c4424c596e8277490df1d40163b18\">Your download link appears instantly and sticks around for 24 hours. Want another copy? Just export again. Need to clean up old exports? One click deletes them. Easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f6f6f6;color:#f6f6f6\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Importing Policies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3a3b8b0bd966cee96f131ae8a9c05ea0\">Time for some inbox spring-cleaning? That\u2019s where Import shines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-694e6ef56f397add6b9aed500a935abf\">When you upload, you\u2019ll pick the domain and policy type (allow or block). At this point, you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"811\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-4.png 811w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-4-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-4-768x575.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 811px) 100vw, 811px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d98585c99f4ac92edde522e037253ddb\"><strong>Start fresh<\/strong> by checking <em>\u201cDelete all existing policies\u201d<\/em> (highly recommended for cleanup).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b7a9032a5c61a50088982126be279ef9\">Or simply <strong>add to your existing lists<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bdc39bb75560cfc3cfc734a43a26cfbb\">From there, just upload your file and ExchangeDefender takes care of the rest\u2014your policies are instantly updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-5-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-5-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-5-1.png 813w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-5-1-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-5-1-768x554.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-27f7e11ddb6d3ea807e2ad805493743d\">Just import the file and the system will create all policies for you. Or you can type them in manually, which is great for everyone that wants to see visually what they are adding to the policy list and you don&#8217;t want to click a thousand times to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7.png 813w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-7-768x599.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-909e32e9f7a14555f9eac06fe0636bf9\">This feature is all about giving you more control, efficiency, and peace of mind when it comes to managing your Allow\/Block lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4fba32165fa40731f67c38a2d81a773d\">We hope this helps streamline your workflow and keeps your policies tidy. Got ideas for how we can make ExchangeDefender even better? We\u2019d love to hear them\u2014reach out on social media or at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.exchangedefender.com\">support.exchangedefender.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1,46],"tags":[258,257,114,259],"class_list":["post-7662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exchangedefender","category-uncategorized","category-product-features","tag-export","tag-import","tag-new-feature","tag-policies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7662"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7687,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7662\/revisions\/7687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exchangedefender.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}