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title: 'Policy Migrator'
url: 'https://docs.danami.com/warden/settings/contentfilter/policy-migrator'
markdown: 'https://docs.danami.com/warden/settings/contentfilter/policy-migrator.md'
date: '2026-09-24'
description: 'Legacy blacklist or whitelist entries containing wildcard chars (? or *) will not be imported into Warden as they are not supported by Amavis. Migrate Warden Spam filter Settings To export content filter policies from the Warden database for import into another server perform the foll…'
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[](#)  [ Basics ](https://docs.danami.com/warden/)     [ Settings ](https://docs.danami.com/warden/settings)     [ Content Filter ](https://docs.danami.com/warden/settings/contentfilter)      Policy Migrator    

# Policy Migrator

> > > > > Legacy blacklist or whitelist entries containing wildcard chars (? or \*) will not be imported into Warden as they are not supported by Amavis.

## Migrate Warden Spam filter Settings

To export content filter policies from the Warden database for import into another server perform the following:

1. Select the users you want to migrate.
2. Select `Warden` as the data source.
3. Press the `export` button to export the old policies, blacklists, and whitelists and save them to your computer as an XML file.
4. Press the browse button under Policy Import and select the XML file you just exported to import them into Warden.

## Migrate Legacy Plesk Spam filter Settings

To migrate the your old Plesk Spam filter settings into Warden perform the following:

1. Select the users you want to migrate.
2. Select `Plesk` as the data source.
3. Press the export button to export the old policies, blacklists, and whitelists and save them to your computer as an XML file.
4. Press the browse button under Policy Import and select the XML file you just exported to import them into Warden.

## Related Pages

- [Policy Banks](https://docs.danami.com/warden/settings/contentfilter/policy-banks "Policy Banks")
- [Policy Settings](https://docs.danami.com/warden/settings/contentfilter/policy-settings "Policy Settings")
- [Filter Settings](https://docs.danami.com/warden/settings/contentfilter/filter-settings "Filter Settings")
- [Scanner Settings](https://docs.danami.com/warden/settings/contentfilter/scanner-settings "Scanner Settings")
- [Milter Settings](https://docs.danami.com/warden/settings/contentfilter/milter-settings "Milter Settings")

 [ ](https://docs.danami.com/warden/settings/contentfilter/policy-settings) [](https://docs.danami.com/warden/settings/contentfilter/policy-banks)

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## Navigation

- Parent: [Contentfilter](https://docs.danami.com/warden/settings/contentfilter.md)
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