Eudora for Windows Spam Screening (POP)

Eudora Information

The instructions below pertain to Eudora for Windows with POP.

Everyone with an account created on or after October 4, 2004 will have a Spamscreen folder already created on the mail server. Regardless of your configuration choice (IMAP or POP) your spam will be filtered on the mail server.

If you are using the POP protocol, there are some important things to keep in mind:

• If a folder named Spamscreen is on the mail server, it will not be visible from your local Eudora client. You can view your Spamscreen folder via WebMail.
  
  
• Spam mailed to your MIT email address will be marked and filtered into the Spamscreen folder prior to being downloaded by your Eudora mail client. Users should check this folder periodically to confirm the spam is being handled appropriately. You can modify your personalized settings.
  
  
• Should you wish to remove the Spamscreen folder from the mail server follow the instructions in WebMail: Delete the Spamscreen Folder.

POP Configuration

Note: IS&T now recommends IMAP for accessing email. IMAP provides flexibility and functionality, especially with regards to accessing email from multiple machines/clients, that POP does not. The following instructions are provided for legacy POP users not yet ready to switch to IMAP. For more information about IMAP visit the Guide to IMAP at MIT.

Create a Filter

1. Launch Eudora.
   
   
2. Under the Tools menu select Filters.
   
   
3. In the Filters dialog box, click on the New button at the bottom of the left column.
   
   
   
   
4. In the Match section:
   1. The Incoming box should be checked by default; if not, check it.
   2. Type in the top Header Field: X-Spam-Flag.
   3. Type YES in the field next to "contains". (Be sure to use all capitals.)
   
   
   
5. In the Action section
   1. Select Transfer To from the drop down menu.
   2. Click on In in the field next to the Transfer To pop up menu to view the transfer options.
      
      Result: The list of transfer options appears.
      
      
      
      
      
   3. Select New...
      
      Result: A New Mailbox window will appear. Note: The Mailbox Window may list a different folder where your new mailbox is being created than the one shown in the example below. Your filter will still work.
      
      
      
      
   4. Name the new mailbox by typing in a name such as "Spam" and click OK.
      
      Important: Do NOT check the Make it a folder box.
      
      
      
      
   5. The new mailbox name should now appear next to the Transfer to field.
      
      
   6. Click on the second menu under Action (it should currently say None).
      
      
   7. Select Skip Rest (at the bottom of the menu). This will prevent messages that are filtered as spam from having other filters if you have them applied.
      
      
      
      Result: The Filters dialog box should look like this:
      
      
      
      
6. Click on the X in the upper right corner and click Yes when asked to Save changes to Filters.





The next time you check email, any message that is marked as spam by the scoring will be filtered into the mailbox you created.

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Check Your Mailbox

You should periodically check your new mailbox, especially during the first 6-8 weeks you are filtering spam, to make sure nothing that you consider legitimate email is being filtered. Things such as monthly newsletters are very difficult for a computer to distinguish from spam, so be on the look out.

After verifying the email is spam, you should delete the messages to save hard disk space.

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Configure Your Personalized Settings

Once you have set up spam screening, there are some additional (optional) settings that you might want to configure. See Spam Screening Personalized Settings to configure the settings below:

• Set Your Spam Scoring Level
  Customize the level that determines whether a message is considered spam or not.
  
  
• Manage Your Allow List
  Enables you to identify message senders from whom you always wish to receive a message.
  
  
• Manage Your Deny List
  Enables you to identify message senders from whom you never wish to receive a message.
  
  
• Enable Automated Purging
  Enables you to choose to have spam messages older than 21 days automatically deleted.

Note: Any account created on or after October 4, 2004 will have auto-purge enabled by default. This option is a personalized setting and may be toggled off.

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