Spam Assassin Spam Filter
You have the ability to control and fight spam that you get through your website email addresses. On each account is a spam filter mastermind called Spam Assassin. When your website hosting is setup by WebTek, we automatically pre-configure the Spam Assassin. If you want to tweak or play with the settings, follow the steps below.
Spam Assassin - In your Control Panel (if you are unsure how to access this, contact us) click the 'Spam Assassin' icon in the Email Section. This will display the configuration options on Spam Assassin. It should be enabled, you can disable it, but we strongly discourage it. It should also be set to auto delete email marked as spam. You can disable this too, but we discourage it. To tweak the settings of Spam Assassin, click the click 'Configure Spam Assassin'.
Required Score - Every piece of email is given a spam score ranging from 1-10. A score of 1, is tight and doesn't let much get through. This could potentially delete email that might not be spam. A score of 10 is liberal and lets a lot of possible spam through. The score defaults to 5. To adjust your score, type in the new score you want it set to and click 'Save'.
Whitelist - If you notice your spam filter is blocking email from certain people, you can whitelist them. To whitelist someone, means you are manually telling Spam Assassin that they are okay, and to let their email come through, even if Spam Assassin scores the email poorly. You can enter a specific email address, IP address, or a format like *@domain.com where the asterisk represents 'everything' at that domain name.
Blacklist - Blacklisting is the opposite of whitelisting. If you notice your spam filter is NOT blocking email from certain repeat spam offenders, you can blacklist them. To blacklist someone, means you are manually telling Spam Assassin that they are NOT okay, and to delete their email, even if Spam Assassin scores the email reputable. You can enter a specific email address, IP address, or a format like *@adomain.com where the asterisk represents 'everything' at that domain name.
Other Spam Filters
You can also set your own filter rules for either a particular user, or for everyone on your website account. These options are available from the home page of your Control Panel in the Email Section. You basically click 'Create Filter', give the rule a name and choose your credentials that you want to enforce on your filter.
Box Trapper
Box Trapper protects your inbox from spam by forcing all people not on your white list to reply to a verification email before they can send mail to you. I think this is annoying, but you can use it if you wish. This option is available from the home page of your Control Panel in the Email Section.