Difference between revisions of "Advanced Filters"

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Creating Email Filters

Logging In

1. Point your web browser to http://mail.xmission.com/filters/
2. In the space below Login:, enter your XMission username.
3. In the space below Password:, enter your XMission password.
4. Click on OK.

Creating a New Email Filter

1. Click on Show detailed filter rules.
2. Click New Rule.
3. Choose the header you would like to filter from the first drop-down menu. (e.g.: If you're filtering all email from hotmail.com, choose From:.)
4. Choose how you would like to filter that header from he next drop-down menu. (Using the above example, choose contains:.)
5. In the next blank, fill in the pattern you are trying to match. (Using the above example, type "hotmail.com" in the space provided.)
6. In that last drop-down menu, choose what you would like to do with the filtered email.*

Specific Filter Examples

Filtering all email not directly addressed to username@xmission.com:*

1. Click on New Rule.
2. In the first drop-down menu, choose To:.
3. In the second drop-down menu, choose does not contain:.
4. In the blank provided, enter your email address. (e.g.: "username@xmission.com")
5. Select Save the message in my "Spam" mail file. from the last drop-down menu.

The completed filter should read:

If the To Header Does Not Contain "username@xmission.com" then Save this message in "Spam" mail file.

Filtering all email from domain.com:

1. Click on New Rule.
2. In the first drop-down menu, choose From:.
3. In the second drop-down menu, choose contains:.
4. In the blank provided, enter the domain name you're filtering. (e.g.: "domain.com")
5. Select Save the message in my "Spam" mail file. from the last drop-down menu.

The completed filter should read:

If the From Header Contains "domain.com" then Save this message in "Spam" mail file.

Filtering email with SpamAssassin scores

1. Click on New Rule.
2. In the first drop-down menu, choose X-Spam-Level:.
3. In the second drop-down menu, choose contains:.
4. In the blank provided, enter the score you would like to filter at, shown with asterisks. (E.g.: I want to filter anything over 10, so I'd enter **********.)
5. Select Save the message in my "Spam" mail file. from the last drop-down menu.

The completed filter should read:

If the X-Spam-Level Header Contains "**********" then Save this message in "Spam" mail file.

Filtering email with SpamAssassin's default positive score (8)

1. Click on New Rule.
2. In the first drop-down menu, choose X-Spam-Flag:.
3. In the second drop-down menu, choose exists at all.
4. In the blank provided, enter nothing.
5. Select Save the message in my "Spam" mail file. from the last drop-down menu.

The completed filter should read:

If the X-Spam-Flag Header Exists at all then Save this message in "Spam" mail file.