Filtering Spam: Pine
This page contains instruction on how to set up Pine to filter your chemistry department email for spam.
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Instructions
1. ssh to mail.chem.wisc.edu server and open Pine
2. Go to SETUP
3. Go to Rules. Type of rule setup: Filters
4. Add a rule. Change the name of the rule to Spam Assassin
5. Add extra headers.
6. Enter X-Spam-Score. Add the desired number of asterisks.
Please Note: Messages that contain a large number of asterisks in their headers are classified by X-Spam-Score to be spam. The greater the number of asterisks, the more likely the message is spam.
Some messages that are spam may be labeled as non-spam and vice versa. If this happens, the number of asterisks in this section can be increased or decreased based on your preferences.
- If more asterisks are entered into this field, more messages will be delivered to your inbox.
- For example, if four (****) asterisks are entered, the filter will block all messages that have four (****) asterisks and above and place them in your junk folder. All message that have a X-Spam-Score of three (***) asterisks and lower will be delivered to your inbox.
7. Move down to Filter action. Select Move to a folder. Name the folder Junk
8. Exit Setup. Your email will now be filtered for spam. Junk mail will be placed in the Junk folder.