Introduction

SPAM

What is SPAM?

The term SPAM is used to describe unsolicited and generally unwanted E-mail, usually relating to advertising.

XGate creates a Spam folder to separate and store e-mail identified as junk. It is recommended that you check this folder on a fairly regular basis to ensure that no genuine mails are being directed to the folder in error during XGate’s Spam ‘learning phase’.

Please note that you can only configure Spam when POP3 is switched on and correctly configured. This is due to Spam being reliant on the POP3 server/proxy to view and monitor the mails being passed through XGate to your computer.

Analogy

Spam can be likened as the electronic form of the junk mail you receive in your post box, advertising takeaways, double glazing and credit cards.

SPAM Features

Within Anti-Spam you can access many Spam prevention methods, such as:

Spam Domain Database

This contains the external Spam domain databases that will classify Spam and place it in your mail client’s Spam folder.

Spam URL Database

This contains the external Spam URL databases that will classify Spam and place it in your mail client’s Spam folder.

Date Filter

This option allows you to filter Spam by the date it was sent.

Keyword Filter

This allows you to classify mail containing specific words as Spam

Regular Expressions

Regular Expressions allows you to specify Spam patterns which, when detected, will classify mails as Spam.

Global Exceptions List

This is the list of exceptions for the Spam feature. It will allow you to specify the domains or e-mail addresses which will be allowed to bypass the Spam classification.