| To add a spam filter:
1. Click on the "Mail" button at your control panel.
2. Click on the "E-mail Filtering" link.
3. Click on the "Add Filter" link.
4. Click on the required header field in the first drop-down list. These are the various fields in any email
message.
5. Click on the required filter action in the second drop-down list. This action will act on the text entered in
the third field.
* equals – match the text exactly (whole words only). ”Credit” will block ”Credit”.
* matches regex – matches the text based on regular expression (regex) rules.
* contains – match the specified text in any circumstance. ”porn” will block ”porn” and ”pornography”.
* begins with – match the specified text when it is the beginning of a word. ”porn” will block ”porn” and ”pornography” but not ”teenporn”.
6.. Enter the filter text in the third field. This text is case sensitive.
7. Click on the "Test Filter" button.
Example:
To block all email from ”john@paradise.net”, enter: From, equals, john@paradise.net
To block all email from paradise.net, enter: From, contains, paradise.net
To block all references to pornography, enter: Any Header, contains, porn
Hint: To filter all mail that SpamAssasin has marked as spam, just choose "SpamAssassin Spam Header", "begins with", and then enter "Yes" in the box. |
