spam filter

Since April 2004, GreenNet has been using an innovative and effective method of improving the mail system’s ability to limit the amount of spam that is delivered to your mailbox. It works by identifying spam according to technical, rather than language-based criteria.

The following instructions are for Eudora 5/6. Eudora 3 looks slightly different.

The following instructions are for Mozilla Thunderbird.

1. Click on Tools, Message Filters…. This will bring up a window called Message Filters.
2. Select your GreenNet account in Filters for.
3. Click on the New… button. This will bring up a window called Filter Rules.
4. In Filter Name type GreenNet Anti Spam filter.
5. Select Match any of the following.
6. In the first drop-down list select Customize…. This will bring up a window called Customize Headers.
7. Enter X-Spam-Level under New message header: and press the Add button. You should have X-Spam-Level in the list below now.

E-mail spam, also called junk email or unsolicited bulk email (UBE), is now an unfortunate fact of life for most internet users. GreenNet does more than most to remove spam. What can you do to reduce your chance of getting spam, or to deal with it if you do?

If you’re tired of wading through piles of spam each day, follow these instructions to setup automatic spam filters for your Outlook Express inbox.