SPAM Settings

Change Spam Assassin Status

1. Click on the Administration menu item if it is not already open.
2. Click on the Mail Options menu item if it is not already open.
3. Click on the Spam Settings menu item.
4. Click the Enabled radio button next to Spam Assassin Status to activate Spam Assassin.
5. You will see the following message at the top of the screen: SpamAssassin Status Updated.

The user can set two delivery options for emails tagged as spam. When an email is marked as spam, it is assigned a "spam score." This score reflects how "confident" the software is that the email is actually spam. The higher the spam score, the more confident the software is that the message is indeed spam.
The first option is to send the tagged spam message to an IMAP "Spam" folder, if the user has one created for their mailbox. If the user does not have a Spam IMAP folder, the spam message will be sent to the user's Inbox. Spam is never deleted before it reaches the user.

The second option is to specify a maximum spam score that still allows email messages to be delivered. Emails with a spam score higher than this threshold will be deleted upon arrival and will never be seen by the user.

Set SPAM Delivery Settings

1. Click on the Administration menu item if it is not already open.
2. Click on the Mail Options menu item if it is not already open.
3. Click on the Spam Settings menu item.
4. Locate the Spam Delivery section.
5. Select the desired behavior from the two available radio button options.
6. Click the Submit button directly below these options.

"Rewritten" Message Subject

1. When an email message is tagged as spam, you can choose to "rewrite" the subject of the email with text indicating that the message is spam. This helps users visually identify spam messages and allows some email clients to filter spam messages easily.
2. Click on the Administration menu item if it is not already open.
3. Click on the Mail Options menu item if it is not already open.
4. Click on the Spam Settings menu item.
5. Locate the Rewrite Message Subject section.
6. Select the desired behavior from the two available radio button options and/or change the text to rewrite the message subject if you choose that setting.
7. Click the Submit button directly below these options.

Purpose

When an email message is tagged as spam, the spam tagging software can alter the message format in several ways.
The first option is to modify the spam-tagged message and deliver it as a normal email.
The second option is to create a new "report" message and attach the original message as an attachment.
The third option is to create a new report and attach the original message in "plain text" mode. This can make opening attachments in the spam-tagged message more difficult, which can be beneficial for the average user since attachments in messages that are likely spam may be harmful, especially if the message contains a virus.

Message Attachment Policy

1. Click on the Administration menu item if it is not already open.
2. Click on the Mail Options menu item if it is not already open.
3. Click on the Spam Settings menu item.
4. Locate the Message Attachment Policy section.
5. Select the desired behavior from the three available radio button options.
6. Click the Submit button directly below these options.

Add a SPAM Setting

1. Click on the Administration menu item if it is not already open.
2. Click on the Mail Options menu item if it is not already open.
3. Click on the Spam Settings menu item.
4. Enter a Spam Assassin preference in the Preference text box.
5. Enter the value in the Value text box.
6. Click the Add button.

Delete a SPAM Setting

1. Click on the Administration menu icon if it is not already open.
2. Click on the Mail Options menu icon if it is not already open.
3. Click on the Spam Settings menu icon.
4. Click the Delete button next to the spam setting you want to remove.
5. Click the Delete button below the 'Confirm Deletion' message.

Edit a SPAM Setting

1. Click on the Administration menu icon if it is not already open.
2. Click on the Mail Options menu icon if it is not already open.
3. Click on the Spam Settings menu icon.
4. Click the Edit button next to the spam setting you want to change.
5. Enter text in the Preference text box if you want to change the preference.
6. Enter text in the Value text box if you want to change the value.
7. Click the Save button.