Spam and Junk E-Mail

Spam
In response to increasing volumes of spam and numerous complaints from faculty, staff, and students, OIT has implemented a server-side spam flagging and filtering system called Proofpoint. The service provides enhanced features for user management of inbound unwanted mail, allowing individuals to identify their own safe lists and blocked lists. You are now able to create a "reject" list of e-mail addresses from which you never want to receive messages, and an "accept" list of addresses from which you always want to receive messages. Other improvements include real time blocking of bad senders, content filtering (e.g. attachment removal), scanning for viruses, and anti-spam measures.

For complete information about OIT's Proofpoint service, see www.princeton.edu/spam.

E-mail Junk Mail Controls
All modern e-mail applications have built-in tools to control your mail; for example Mac Mail junk mail filtering, and Thunderbird/Mozilla's junk mail controls. These preferences, if enabled, can be very effective in fine-tuning your spam controls for any messages that should escape the e-mail firewall or Proofpoint filtering mechanisms.

• Thunderbird / Mozilla Junk Mail Controls
• Mac OS X Mail Junk Controls
• Microsoft Office 2003 Junk Mail Options

• Exchange Users: Use the Outlook Rules Wizard to filter possible spam e-mail messages into a spam folder. To do so, see kb.princeton.edu/9392.
• IMAP Users: Create a client-side filter that utilizes the headers inserted by the e-mail firewall.

  
  

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