diff --git a/data/web/admin.php b/data/web/admin.php
index e203f0d72..31085b7b3 100644
--- a/data/web/admin.php
+++ b/data/web/admin.php
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ $tfa_data = get_tfa();
             <form class="form" data-id="rlyhost" role="form" method="post">
               <div class="form-group">
                 <label for="hostname"><?=$lang['admin']['host'];?></label>
-                <input class="form-control input-sm" name="hostname" required>
+                <input class="form-control input-sm" name="hostname" placeholder='host:25, host, [host]:25, [0.0.0.0]:25' required>
               </div>
               <div class="form-group">
                 <label for="username"><?=$lang['admin']['username'];?></label>
diff --git a/data/web/inc/functions.policy.inc.php b/data/web/inc/functions.policy.inc.php
index 12aacdd5c..114e266b5 100644
--- a/data/web/inc/functions.policy.inc.php
+++ b/data/web/inc/functions.policy.inc.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function policy($_action, $_scope, $_data = null) {
           elseif ($_data['object_list'] == "wl") {
             $object_list = "whitelist_from";
           }
-          $object_from = preg_replace('/\.+/', '.', rtrim(preg_replace("/\.\*/", "*", trim(strtolower($_data['object_from']))), '.'));
+          $object_from = trim(strtolower($_data['object_from']));
           if (!ctype_alnum(str_replace(array('@', '_', '.', '-', '*'), '', $object_from))) {
             $_SESSION['return'][] = array(
               'type' => 'danger',
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ function policy($_action, $_scope, $_data = null) {
           elseif ($_data['object_list'] == "wl") {
             $object_list = "whitelist_from";
           }
-          $object_from = preg_replace('/\.+/', '.', rtrim(preg_replace("/\.\*/", "*", trim(strtolower($_data['object_from']))), '.'));
+          $object_from = trim(strtolower($_data['object_from']));
           if (!ctype_alnum(str_replace(array('@', '_', '.', '-', '*'), '', $object_from))) {
             $_SESSION['return'][] = array(
               'type' => 'danger',