Setting up SPAM filters

If you get a lot of email that appears to be SPAM, you will probably want to set your email program to filter the spam into a separate email box. VFEmail.net does NOT move or delete these messages for you, new users may be confused if an email they're expecting is marked as SPAM and automatically moved to another folder.

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Set it to filter Incoming mail. In the Header: box, type X-Spam-Status: that starts with the word Yes. It isn't obvious that you can type in the Header: box, but you can.
In the Action section, set it to Transfer the spam to a mailbox you call "SPAMBOX".
Close the window and save the changes.

Click New in the lower left-hand corner of the Filters window.
Make a filter for Incoming mail with Any Header that contains the expression X-Spam-Status: Yes.
For Action, Transfer the spam to a mailbox named "SPAMBOX", so click on Mailbox in the toolbar and create a new mailbox called "SPAMBOX".
Click on the arrow next to None in the Actions section of the Filters window. Select Transfer to and select the SPAMBOX mailbox from the Transfer menu.
Finally, close the Filters window, and it will ask you to save your changes.

From the Edit menu, select Message Filters. In the Message Filter dialog box, click New
- In the Filter Rules dialog box, name your filter "SpamAssassin". Set it to filter messages where the body contains the words X-Spam-Status: Yes
- Under Perform this action, set it to Move to folder and click the New folder button.
- Name your new folder "SPAMBOX".
- Click OK to close the Filter Rules dialog box.
Click OK to close the Message Filter dialog box.
Be sure to review the contents of your SPAMBOX mailbox for falsely labeled mail, and be sure you delete the contents of your SPAMBOX mailbox periodically to keep from filling your computer's hardrive.

From the Edit menu, select Message Filters. In the Message Filter dialog box, click New.
- In the Filter Rules dialog box, name your filter "SpamAssassin". Set it to filter messages where the body contains the words X-Spam-Status: Yes
- Select Move to folder and click the New folder button.
- Name your new folder "SPAMBOX".
- Click OK to close the New Folder dialog box.
Click OK to close the Message Filter dialog box.
Be sure to review the contents of your SPAMBOX mailbox for falsely labeled mail, and be sure you delete the contents of your SPAMBOX mailbox periodically to keep from filling your computer's hardrive.

From the Edit menu, select Message Filters. In the Message Filter dialog box, click New and name your rule "SpamAssassin". Be sure there is a check in the enabled box.
Click the triangle to get the Filter Action section of the box. Set it to Move to folder, click on New folder and call the folder "SPAMBOX".
Close the box.
Be sure to review the contents of your SPAMBOX mailbox for falsely labeled mail, and be sure you delete the contents of your SPAMBOX mailbox periodically to keep from filling your computer's hardrive.

Use Tools | Mail filtering rules | Edit new mail filtering rules | Rules applied when folder is opened (and closed) | Add rule | Expression.
In the "If this regular expression" field, enter [x-spam-status: yes*] (omit the square brackets, but the * is necessary).
For "Occurs in the message's," select [Headers only].
"Action" should be [Move].
"Set" the parameter to your spam folder's name.
Remember to Save your rules!

Send email to the HelpDesk for more information about VFEmail.net's filtering policies.

Thanks to Ed Chang for providing the Pegasus Mail filtering rules.