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====== IPG Mail Server Antispam ====== | ====== IPG Mail Server Antispam ====== | ||
- | The IPG mail server integrate a very strong and powerful Antispam engine. This filters | + | The IPG mail server integrate a very strong and powerful Antispam engine. This filter, using Bayesian logica and others method of filtering, |
The interaction with the Antispam filter is quite simple: every time you receive a message that the filter didn't correctly identify you have to forward the same message back to the filter. | The interaction with the Antispam filter is quite simple: every time you receive a message that the filter didn't correctly identify you have to forward the same message back to the filter. | ||
This way the filter can **learn** directly from you what is spam and what is not. | This way the filter can **learn** directly from you what is spam and what is not. | ||
<note warning> | <note warning> | ||
- | If you want to receive all the messages without filtering (you are a spam lover technically speaking), inform the System Administrator, | + | If you want to receive all the messages without filtering (you are a spam lover technically speaking), inform the System Administrator, |
</ | </ | ||
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In our configuration, | In our configuration, | ||
- | For this reason every mail that is recognized as spam will be delivered to the **SPAM** folder already present in your mailbox. | + | For this reason every mail that is recognized as spam will be delivered to the **SPAM** folder already present in your mailbox. **You have to look in the folder SPAM if you received spam mail**. |
- | **You have to look in the folder SPAM if you received spam mail**. | + | |
\\ | \\ | ||
- | If you don't see the SPAM folder under your mailbox account you have to subscribe to the folder. Follow these instruction to do this: | + | \\ |
+ | **If you don't see the SPAM folder under your mailbox account you have to subscribe to the folder. Follow these instruction to do this (for Thunderbird)**: | ||
<box green round 90%> | <box green round 90%> | ||
- | \\ | + | ** Subscribe to the SPAM folder ** |
- | | + | |
- Open your IPG INBOX | - Open your IPG INBOX | ||
- Right click on the account name and select **Subscribe...** | - Right click on the account name and select **Subscribe...** | ||
- | - In the windows that appear activate the flag (the small square on the right of every folder name that appear) for the **SPAM** folder. | + | - In the windows that appear activate the flag (the small square on the right of folder' |
+ | </ | ||
- | If the filter made an error, connect to your IPG mailbox using the web interface **http:// | + | If the filter made an error (it mismatched a message), connect to your IPG mailbox using the web interface **http:// |
== Messages signalled as SPAM == | == Messages signalled as SPAM == | ||
* If the filter identified the message correctly (the spam message IS a spam message): don't do anything | * If the filter identified the message correctly (the spam message IS a spam message): don't do anything | ||
- | * If the filter made and error: just forward the message to the address **notspam@lth.epfl.ch** | + | * If the filter made and error: just forward the message |
- Select the message and open it | - Select the message and open it | ||
- Click the link **Forward as Attachment** | - Click the link **Forward as Attachment** | ||
- | - Insert the address notspam@lth.epfl.ch in the **To:** field (you can use also the pure **notspam**) | + | - Insert the address notspam@lth.epfl.ch in the **To:** field |
- Click the **Send** button | - Click the **Send** button | ||
== Messages not signalled as SPAM == | == Messages not signalled as SPAM == | ||
- | * If the filter identified the message correctly (the message is NOT a spam message): don't do nothing | + | * If the filter identified the message correctly (the message is NOT a spam message): don't do anything |
* If the filter made and error: just forward the message as is to the address **spam@lth.epfl.ch** | * If the filter made and error: just forward the message as is to the address **spam@lth.epfl.ch** | ||
- Select the message and open it | - Select the message and open it | ||
- Click the link **Forward as Attachment** | - Click the link **Forward as Attachment** | ||
- | - Insert the address spam@lth.epfl.ch in the **To:** field (you can use also the pure **notspam**) | + | - Insert the address spam@lth.epfl.ch in the **To:** field |
- Click the **Send** button | - Click the **Send** button | ||
- | </ | ||
<note important> | <note important> |