diff --git a/pyquarantine/cli.py b/pyquarantine/cli.py
index 28f6029..f4695a3 100644
--- a/pyquarantine/cli.py
+++ b/pyquarantine/cli.py
@@ -96,15 +96,15 @@ def list_quarantines(quarantines, args):
     else:
         qlist = []
         for q in quarantines:
-            storage_type = type(q.storage).__name__
+            storage_type = q.storage.type
 
             if q.notification:
-                notification_type = type(q.notification).__name__
+                notification_type = q.notification.type
             else:
                 notification_type = "NONE"
 
             if q.whitelist:
-                whitelist_type = type(q.whitelist).__name__
+                whitelist_type = q.whitelist.type
             else:
                 whitelist_type = "NONE"
 
diff --git a/pyquarantine/notify.py b/pyquarantine/notify.py
index 9eb35ba..8bf681f 100644
--- a/pyquarantine/notify.py
+++ b/pyquarantine/notify.py
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ class BaseNotification:
     def __init__(self, pretend=False):
         self.pretend = pretend
 
+    @property
+    def type(self):
+        return "Base"
+
     def execute(self, milter, logger):
         return
 
@@ -143,6 +147,10 @@ class EMailNotification(BaseNotification):
 
         self.parser_lib = parser_lib
 
+    @property
+    def type(self):
+        return "E-Mail"
+
     def get_email_body_soup(self, msg, logger):
         "Extract and decode email body and return it as BeautifulSoup object."
         # try to find the body part
diff --git a/pyquarantine/storage.py b/pyquarantine/storage.py
index d1b333c..e6c43ad 100644
--- a/pyquarantine/storage.py
+++ b/pyquarantine/storage.py
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ class BaseMailStorage:
         self.metavar = metavar
         self.pretend = False
 
+    @property
+    def type(self):
+        return "Base"
+
     def add(self, data, qid, mailfrom, recipients, subject, variables):
         "Add email to storage."
         return ("", "")
@@ -103,6 +107,10 @@ class FileMailStorage(BaseMailStorage):
         cfg.append(f"original={self.original}")
         return "FileMailStorage(" + ", ".join(cfg) + ")"
 
+    @property
+    def type(self):
+        return "File"
+
     def get_storageid(self, qid):
         timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
         return f"{timestamp}_{qid}"
diff --git a/pyquarantine/whitelist.py b/pyquarantine/whitelist.py
index 34a923a..23b892d 100644
--- a/pyquarantine/whitelist.py
+++ b/pyquarantine/whitelist.py
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ class WhitelistBase:
         self.batv_regex = re.compile(
             r"^prvs=[0-9]{4}[0-9A-Fa-f]{6}=(?P<LEFT_PART>.+?)@")
 
+    @property
+    def type(self):
+        return "Base"
+
     def remove_batv(self, addr):
         return self.batv_regex.sub(r"\g<LEFT_PART>", addr, count=1)
 
@@ -137,6 +141,10 @@ class DatabaseWhitelist(WhitelistBase):
                 cfg.append(f"{arg}={self.cfg[arg]}")
         return "DatabaseWhitelist(" + ", ".join(cfg) + ")"
 
+    @property
+    def type(self):
+        return "DB"
+
     def _entry_to_dict(self, entry):
         result = {}
         result[entry.id] = {