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| VailNet MailFilter VailNet has historically looked to the latest technologies to find tools to fight the growing Spam problem. VailNet now offers two services; "Spam Tagging" and our premium service "Spam Quarantine". These services can help to reduce or even eliminate the volume of unsolicited junk email (SPAM) that ends up in your mailbox. The two service levels are available to all subscribers whose mailboxes have addresses in the @vail.net, @colorado.net or @mountainmax.net domains.
Spam Tagging By
default, all mail sent to any mailbox in the @vail.net, @mountainmax.net
or @colorado.net domains is scanned by our anti-spam filter. This
server uses a large number of ever growing heuristics to try and
determine if an email is a "spam" or not. For example: emails with enough phrases like "lose
weight fast" or "click here to take advantage of this
great free offer" might result in the anti-spam filter server
thinking that the email is actually spam. Any email which the anti-spam filter server believes might be spam is tagged as possible SPAM. This means that the word "*****SPAM*****" is inserted in front of the original subject line of the incoming email. The email is then still delivered to the mailbox on vail.net, colorado.net or mountainmax.net. This is because no anti-spam filtering program can ever be 100% accurate. For example: maybe you really did request an email from
somewhere that will help you "lose weight fast”
or perhaps you ask for something which involves clicking for some
"great free offer". So if an email with a Subject of "lose weight fast” is interpreted by the anti-spam server and “tagged” as spam. The server will still deliver the email, but by the time it reaches your mailbox the Subject line will read "*****SPAM***** Weight Loss Pills". Individual
subscribers can configure their mail reading
program (Eudora, Outlook, Outlook Express, etc) to move “tagged”
emails to a spam folder (created by the user) or the “trash
bin” on their computer. This
"tagging" (the insertion of “*****SPAM****”
phrase in front on the original subject line) is a free service
included with your email address @vail.net, @colorado.net or @mountainmax.net. SPAM QUARANTINE This service allows you to blocking, quarantining, and removing Spam that normally would be delivered to your mailbox. What makes "Spam Quarantine" special is your ability to personalize the filtering process. You can choose which messages and senders are good (not spam) and bad (spam). Through individual control, "Spam Quarantine" learns and improves its accuracy over time, ensuring that you receive only the messages you want. "Spam Quarantine" is available as a premium service for a small monthly fee. "Spam
Quarantine" will greatly reduce the amount of spam delivered
to your mailbox, thus speeding up the process of checking mail because
almost all spam will never make it to your mailbox. Potential or
real Spam will instead be delivered to your quarantine mailbox.
This premium service will send you a daily or weekly email listing
all the messages that have been quarantined and providing you with
a web link to view, deliver, whitelist, blacklist, or delete the
quarantined emails. Customizing SPAM Quarantine to Your Preferences We created this guide to help you take advantage of the web filters enhanced anti-spam features. To learn how to access, personalize, and fully use the email filter, please read this guide from start to finish. If you want to learn how to use spam Quarantine systematically, feel free to come back and skip to more advanced sections when you are ready. Where To Go Next Logging
into VailNet's Email filter Getting
Started - Customizing Your Email Filter (Preferences tab)
Outlook Client Plug-Ins – Managing Your Email Filter Advanced
Settings – Refining Your Email Filter (Quarantine Inbox
tab) Learn how to retrieve, configure, and classify messages in your Quarantine Inbox. |
