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What Can I Do to Cut Down on Spam?

We have turned on a mail filtering program called SpamAssassin which attempts to "score" incoming mail messages on their SPAM content.

The program itself does not remove any messages, but it will prefix the subject line of a message that "scores" high on its SPAM content with the string "*****SPAM*****".

You can edit your Spam settings at http://artsservices.uwaterloo.ca or http://getmail.uwaterloo.ca(myWaterloo). The filters settings at these sites overwrite each other so be sure to use only one of them to edit your filters.

http://artsservices.uwaterloo.ca Click on 'Filters' at the top of the page. To the right of the spam rule click on the 'Edit' icon(piece of paper and pencil). Next to 'existing folder' select the folder you want messages tagged as spam sent to or click the button next to 'a new folder, named', type in the name of the new folder, and then select the folder it is to be a subfolder of. Click on 'Apply Changes' at the bottom of the page.

http://getmail.uwaterloo.ca (myWaterloo) Click on 'Filters' at the top of the page. Click on the 'Spam Filter' rule. Set the 'Spam Level', the lower the number the more messages that get tagged as spam. Now from the drop down list next to 'Folder to receive spam' select the folder you want spam sent to or select Create new folder, enter the name of the new folder and click OK. Click 'Save'.

All messages tagged as spam will now be delivered to the folder you selected or created.

 

Last maintained on February 2, 2010 by the Arts Computing Office.