Property reference

glide.user.trusted_domain

The glide.user.trusted_domain property specifies which domains are considered trusted when creating new users from incoming emails. Admins should review this setting to ensure that only emails from trusted domains are processed, enhancing security during user creation.

Default: servicenow.com Type: string Application: Global

Key questions about this property

The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.

What does it do? This property configures the domains that are allowed to create new users via incoming email, defaulting to servicenow.com.
What area does it affect? User Management
What does the default mean? The default value is "servicenow.com", which is the baseline setting used unless it is changed.
When should you review it? Review this property when adjusting email security settings or adding new trusted domains.

Out of the box property record

Raw metadata from the property record.

Property name glide.user.trusted_domain
Sys ID 0c0e36a8c61122760094b0caafe5f56e
Type string
Application Global
Default value servicenow.com
Description Trusted domains when creating new users from incoming email (Ignore email from untrusted domains unless from an existing user; use * for all domains)
Updated 2024-05-25 04:06:26

Sources

Official references and nearby text excerpts where this property appears.

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... with which they are associated. 3133 Visitor notifications (continued) Notification Description Note: To ensure that a visitor’s requirement status is updated when the visitor responds to this email, set the glide.user.trusted_domain property to the default value (*). For more information, see Note: Inbound mail configuration . If you need to perform filtering on inbound emails, see Email filters . This notification ...
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... property with a value of false. Documentation sn_SE10216 1 Suggest Email Domain restrictions If the property is not enabled, an attacker might using email Either update the value of the glide.user.trusted_domain Documentation © 2026 ServiceNow, Inc. All rights reserved. ServiceNow, the ServiceNow logo, Now, and other ServiceNow marks are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of ServiceNow, Inc., in the United States and/or ...
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... Enables (true) or disables (false) the UserAuthenticationGate checks for both external and internal authentication mechanisms. • Type: true | false • Default value: false • Location: System Property [sys_properties] table glide.user.trusted_domain Comma-separated list of trusted domains for which the instance automatically creates a guest user based on incoming emails. Use an asterisk (*) to trust all domains. If an email is ...
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... brute forcing a password as a greater number of password reset attempts can be made. Functional impact None Dependencies and prerequisites None Disable creating users from incoming emails Use the glide.user.trusted_domain property to specify the comma-separated list of trusted domains used in the creation of users from incoming emails. An administrator can set the glide.pop3readerjob.create_caller system property to automatically create users ...