Whitelisting basically involves someone specifying acceptable addresses, like so:
VicePresident@governmentcomputer
SecDefense@governmentcomputer
SenateLeader@governmentcomputer
Hillary@nogovernmentcomputerknowntomanjustaprivateserverinabathroom
HouseLeader@governmentcomputer
SecTreasury@governmentcomputer
Love it! Obama’s a liar, but we all knew that.
statesecretsforsale @flybynightprivate.evidence.hiding server
Right!
And her address would have to be deliberately hidden, if it was.