Anti-Spam Administration in Web Messaging

Anti-Spam Administration in Web Messaging

You can access all anti-spam features from IMail Web Messaging, which makes anti-spam administration easy. The Web Messaging anti-spam pages are only accessible to users who have the proper permissions. See below for more information.

Accessing the Anti-Spam Web Messaging Pages

The Anti-Spam Options page can be accessed by selecting Administrative Account Options -> Anti-Spam Administration.

All other anti-spam pages are only accessible by users who have specific account permissions. Host administrators can only access the following web messaging pages and help topics:

Host Black Lists. Host level DNS black lists are server black lists that have been enabled for a host. If a black list is not configured for the server, it cannot be used by a host.
Host Black List Entry. This is the popup window that displays which black lists are available for use.
Phrase Filtering. Phrase filtering searches for configurable spam phrases within the body of an e-mail to determine whether a message is spam.
Statistical Filtering. Statistical filtering compares each word in the body of an e-mail against spam and non-spam word counts (contained in the antispam-table.txt file) to determine whether the message is spam.
HTML Feature Filtering. HTML filtering searches for specific HTML tags in a message, and identifies the message as spam.
URL Domain Black List. The URL Domain Black List contains domain names and IP addresses that are considered spam if they are located within a URL in HTML code.
White List. The white list contains e-mail addresses and domains from which mail is always accepted. Messages that originate from one of the addresses or domains entered in this file are processed immediately without going through content filtering or phrase filtering.
Trusted IP Addresses. These are IP addresses and ranges that you trust not to send spam. Messages that originate from one of these addresses are processed immediately without going through any spam checks.
System administrators can only access the following web messaging pages and help topics:
Server Black Lists. Server level DNS black lists compare e-mail messages against spam databases to determine whether the messages are spam. Black lists must be configured for the server before they can be used by a host.
Server Black List Entry. This is the page on which you configure the black list settings.
Anti-Spam Logging. If logging is enabled for the anti-spam features, the log information appears on the Anti-Spam Logging page. To access this page, select View Anti-Spam Log from Administrative Account Options.

Navigating the Anti-Spam Pages

The Anti-Spam Options page provides links to all available anti-spam functions. Each anti-spam page also contains a side navigation bar, which contains links to all other anti-spam pages.

The IP Domain list box, located at the top of all anti-spam pages, displays the domains for which you can configure anti-spam options (hosts with IP addresses). You can easily switch between hosts by selecting the host name from this list box. When making modifications to any anti-spam options, make sure that the correct host appears in the IP Domain list box.

Note: Although there may be other hosts configured, they will not be displayed in this list box unless they have a valid IP address.

For more information regarding the Web Messaging anti-spam options, see the Web Messaging Help.

Note: Although there may be other hosts configured, they will not be displayed in this list box unless they have a valid IP address.

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