Creating a Spam Filter in SpiderMail

The following steps describe how to set up a SpiderMail rule to filter spam e-mail.

1. First, open SpiderMail in your Web browser.
2. Next, create a folder to hold your spam messages. You will need to check this folder periodically to make sure that you are catching actual spam and not legitimate e-mail that you want to receive. Create the folder by clicking on the "Folders" link at the top of the interface.
3. In the Create Folder form, type a name for your folder, "SPAM" for example, and click on the "Create" button.
4. You can click on the "Refresh Folder List" in the left bar to make sure the folder has been created.
5. Next, configure our filter by clicking on the "Options" link at the top of the interface. Then select "Message Filters."
6. Click "Add New Rule."
7. Select "Header" radio button. Click the "Move on to step 2" button.
8. In the header drop down box, choose the "X-Spam Level," leave contents in the next box, and enter five "s" characters into the third box. You can fine-tune the filter by adding 's' characters to be more lenient and catch fewer messages, or by deleting 's' characters to be less lenient and catch more messages.
9. Click the "Move on to step 3" button.
10. Choose the "Move message into" radio button and pick the "SPAM" box in the existing folder drop down box.
11. Click the "Move on to step 4" button.
12. Click the "Finished" button.
13. Click the "Save Changes" button.
14. Please contact the Help Desk if you need further assistance.