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How does it work?
Software on our mail server scans
each email
as it arrives. Any message matching
one of
our 100's of tests is marked
as Spam. Some
of the SPAM rules are added to
or amended
on a regular basis.
How do I enable it?
You can do so yourself by running
the command
'telnet bbs.uv.net' (You can
run this command
by clicking on the START menu
and then selecting
the Run option). Once the telnet
window appears,
it will connect to our bbs server.
Enter
your UVNET username and password.
From the
text menu presented to you, Press
O (other), A (Account), C (Custom), S (Spam).
The window that appears has a number of fields
that you can modify. The defaults are shown
to the left of each field. Enter values that
deviate from the default and press Ctrl F
to finish. See later in this document on
more details on configuring the anti-spam
system.
Confused? UVNET, Will you please just go
and enable the SPAM filtering for me?
Yes, we certainly can. Just email
support@uv.net, requesting SPAM filtering to be enabled
on your account.
You might also want to supply
answers to
the following two questions :-
Do you wish to block inbound
HTML email to
your Inbox? (No by default)
Do you wish to impose an inbound
email size
(in KiloBytes)? (Not restricted
by default)
How soon does my SPAM blocking become active?
Any changes made via the anti-spam setup
screen take up-to 15 minutes to become active.
What other alternatives do I have?
Don't give your email address to anyone other
than those you can trust.
Request an email alias from UVNET.
e.g. j843@uv.net
Use your email alias when ever
possible for
filling in online forms, Newsgroups,
Discussion
boards etc.
Every so often, request a new
email alias.
Your old alias will be removed
from our system
and you can continue to use your
new alias.
Any email lists that you may
have in-voluntarily
appeared on will find themselves
holding
onto an invalid email address.
More about spam.
Although we use various methods
of SPAM protection
on our servers, the fault really
lies with
the many mail servers on the
internet that
do not use any form of SPAM protection,
leaving
their doors open for spam distribution.
At UVNET, we take great care
to ensure that
your email is received reliably
so we have
to be equally cautious of any
anti-spam measures
that we activate.
If you continue to receive SPAM,
contact
us and we'll do our best to help
you.
Remember, make sure you keep
your fixed account
email address secure and only
available to
those you can trust.
Problems with anti-spam measures.
It is possible that legitimate email is being
bounced when you think it shouldn't. It is
equally possible for spam to get through
when you were hoping that it wouldn't.
The section on Configuring (see
below) should
help you to customize the anti-spam
system
to make the most of the anti-spam
software
in place.
Stopping spam from bouncing back to the sender.
You can opt to not bounce spam
to the sender.
If you're losing faith in anti-spam
then
why not ask the spam system to
not bounce
the email back and to leave it
in your inbox?
This way, any spam will be marked
and it
will give you an indication if
the anti-spam
system is working for you. Setting
your 'Place
Spam' option to i will leave
any detected
spam in your Inbox.
The Inbox.Spam folder
Any spam that has been bounced by default
is saved into the your Inbox.Spam folder
(accessible using our web interface to your
email, also accessible to IMAP mail users).
Your spam-detection is configured by default
to 'archive' your email. Archived email is
placed in this folder.
spam_accept.txt
If you keep getting problems with spam from
a given source bouncing? Simply create a
spam_accept.txt file (you can use NOTEPAD)
and place the email address in the spam_accept.txt..
Upload the spam_accept.txt file to your FTP
area on our server, placing the file in the
'ftp' folder. Any email from email addresses
in your spam_accept.txt file are accepted
without undergoing any spam checks.
It works!
A successful anti-spam setup will see a major
reduction in the volume of spam you receive.
It's already reduced the volume of spam I
receive from 200 messages a day to one or
two. Many reports from satisfied users boast
over 1500 junk messages having been bounced
and archived in their Inbox.Spam folder in
just a few weeks.
Remember, if it's not working for you, it's
easy to disable. You are in full control.
You can find out more about the anti-spam
system from some of the links below.
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