Anti-spam Configuration Overview

The following topics explain the basic tasks you must complete to configure the IMail Server anti-spam features. Completing each of these steps establishes your unique spam signature, which determines how IMail Server handles spam. After these tasks are completed, your server will be protected from spam. Also, after you complete the basic setup tasks, you may want to read the Advanced Statistical Filtering topic to learn about other ways to configure the anti-spam features.

Basic Setup Tasks

To set up the basic anti-spam configuration, complete the following steps:

Server Configuration:

Configure Realtime Blacklists for the Server

Configure Logging Options

IMail Server Domain Configuration:

Configure Connection Checks

Configure SPF Filtering

Configure Premium Anti-spam (optional)

Configure Content Filtering

Configure HTML Filtering

Configure Broken MIME Header Filtering

Enter White List (Trusted Addresses)