Accessing the Anti-spam Features

The Anti-spam options are accessed from two levels; the server level and domain level:

• Server level settings. Mouse over the System menu tab, then click Realtime Blacklists. The Realtime Blacklists page opens.

  

  Use this page to configure and enable all realtime blacklists at the server level. All blacklists must be configured and enabled at the server level before an IMail e-mail domain can use them. This lets a system administrator decide which blacklists to allow an e-mail domain to use. Only blacklists that are enabled on the Realtime Blacklists page are available for use in domain (host) level configurations.

  Use Realtime Blacklists Options to add, edit and delete server blacklists. All blacklists that are currently configured for the server are displayed in the realtime blacklist. For more information, see the IMail Administrator Help.

• Domain level settings. Click the IMail Administrator Anti-spam menu tab. The Anti-spam Settings page opens.

  

Use the Domain Level Anti-spam settings to enable, change, and disable various anti-spam filters for the selected domain:

• Premium Filter (available only with IMail Premium). Provides fully automated spam protection in addition to the standard anti-spam filter included in IMail Server. For more information, see Forwarding Spam to Commtouch.
• Statistical Filter. Examines each word in the body of an e-mail message to determine if the e-mail is spam.
• Phrase Filter. Searches for spam phrases within the body of e-mail messages and identifies the messages that are spam.
• HTML Features Filter. Searches HTML features in messages that are subject to spam. Sets how many HTML features must be present in an .htm file in order for a message to be identified as spam and the spam action to take.
• URL Domain Blacklist. Searches for domain names that appear as URL links in messages, and lets you set the action to take on such messages.
• Broken MIME Headers. Uses the Broken MIME Header Filter to identify MIME Header characteristics that result in SPAM e-mail.

Note: Enable content filtering for authenticated users is an option that can be selected at the domain level.

• SPF (Sender Policy Framework). Enables stronger authentication of e-mail senders using Sender Policy Framework (an extension to the DNS system). Provides administrators increased capability to stop incoming e-mail from forged (spoofed) e-mail addresses.
• Connection Checks. Verifies that the party connecting to your server is not part of a blacklist.

  For more information, see the IMail Administrator Help.