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Adjusting the spam- and content-filter

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When you’d like to adjust the spam- and/or content-filter, please select a 

user

 (1), go to the 

services

 (2) tab and click on 

advanced settings

 (3 or 4) of the filter you’d like to adjust.

Adjusting the Spam-Filter

On the presented page for advanced settings there are four tabs:

ProTAG

Here you can set the spam control blocking level. e default setting is “Normal” . You can either choose less or more severe spam 
blocking by changing the level.

For organizations with a normal rate of spam we recommend the “Normal” setting. As a result of setting the SpamFilter to Severe or 

Very Severe, legitimate email with spam properties might be blocked. at is why we advise that you monitor your spam Quarantine 
on a regular basis, and to generate a spam report on a daily basis.

Adjusting the Content-Filter

For the content-filter you can change the default settings for certain types of attachments. AMES uses the following types of 

recommendations for attachments:

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Block Attachment

 recommendation blocks these extentions by default. If you want to receive attachments with this certain 

extension you should deactivate the blocking.

Block if unsure:

 If you are not sure whether you want to allow this kind of attachment we recommend that you block it.

Do not block 

attachments are accepted by default; you can block them if you want.

By using 

Custom

 you can create your own rules for blocking or allowing email by using:

Subject contains

 allows or blocks if an email contains a certain subject.

Message contains

 allows or blocks an email containing a certain combination of characters.

Block if

 is where you can set a maximum to the message size in Kb.

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November 2010

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Page 2: ...our outbound emails optional 4 Changing settings for your AMES domains 5 Logging in to AMES 5 Adding a new user to a domain 5 Adding a user alias 7 Configuring LDAP 7 Changing mail delivery options 8...

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Page 7: ...pam and viruses is is why AMES enables advanced greylisting for all catch all enables users is technique bounces emails from unknown senders the first time and will accept only the second or later att...

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Page 10: ...in quarantine by default When you d like di erent behavior there s the option to tag email and send it or even remove it immediately 1 2 3 4 5 6 Choose a user 1 which you d like to configure the spam...

Page 11: ...remark in your quarantine To release emails from the quarantine select Release which will release this specific email only or Release and remember as Not Spam which releases spam and will no longer r...

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