Configuring Spam Filter advanced options

To access Spam Filter advanced options, highlight the account you want to set the options for from the  "EasyMail Accounts" list, enable it and click the "Advanced" button. The Spam Filtering advanced options page will be displayed. Change the settings as desired and click the "Apply" button to complete the operation or click the "OK" button to save the changes and return to the Spam Filtering main page. Click the "Cancel" button to cancel the changes and return to the Spam Filtering main page. Before saving the new setting you can retrieve the default settings by clicking the "Reset Defaults" button.

Each advanced option is a link that when clicked will pop up a context sensitive help window.

The four groups of advanced options are:

Filter Responses

SPAMREPLY

Specifies how to handle messages identified as definite spam.

Choose the desired option from the "SPAMREPLY" drop-down list.

 BLOCKREPLY

Specifies how to handle messages identified as probable spam. Choose the desired option from the "BLOCKREPLY" drop-down list.

Languages

If you receive email in languages other than English, you must specify those languages using the "Languages" option. Click the check boxes next to the desired languages.

Filter Configuration

NOBOUNCE

This is a list of email addresses or domains that will bypass filtering entirely.

To add an email address or domain to the NOBOUNCE list, enter the email address or domain you want to bypass filtering in the "NOUBOUNCE" textbox and click the "Add" button to complete the operation. The email address or domain will be added to the "NOBOUNCE" list.

To remove an email address or domain from the "NOBOUNCE" list, select the email address or domain from the "NOBOUNCE" list and click the "Remove" button. The email address or domain will be deleted from the list.

To remove all the entries from the "NOBOUNCE" list click the "Remove All" button.

  ORBSCHECK

ORBSCHECK checks email against ORBS relay blacklist. To activate this option click the checkbox.

RBLCHECK

RBLCHECK checks the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) Realtime Blackhole List (RBL). This option is activated by default. To deactivate this option leave the checkbox unchecked.

RSSCHECK

RSSCHECK checks the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) RSS Open Relay Blacklist. To activate this option click the checkbox.

Miscellaneous Features

ALTFORM

ALTFROM allows you to specify another account you own.  This is used to avoid giving spammers your usual email address. Email from this account will bypass filtering.

Choose an email address different from your usual email address from the "ALTFORM" drop-down list.

BYPASSWD

BYPASSWD allows you to specify a password that when entered in the Subject line of an email, will bypass filtering. Enter your desired password in the "BYPASSWD" textbox.

DULCHECK

DULCHECK checks the Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) Dial-Up List (DUL). To activate this option click the checkbox.

GARBLEDCHARSET

GARBLEDCHARSET checks non-Latin character sets and missing, wrong, or corrupted MIME headers. This option is activated by default. To deactivate this option leave the checkbox unchecked.