Training Your PCS Spam Filter
Posted by Brian Gallutia on Dec 1, 2008
The ongoing fight against spam changes on an almost day-to-day basis. It is important to not only stay on top of what you allow into your inbox, it’s also important to train your PCS spam-filter to know the difference between good e-mail and bad.
Follow these short steps to fine-tune your spam filter to get the results that you’re after..
- Log into your e-mail account by navigating to the PCSDesk web site and selecting the PCSDesk Mail Login link. Use your e-mail address and password to gain access.
- Select your Inbox folder on the left-hand side of the mail interface. The right-hand pane will display all of the e-mails currently waiting for your review. Browse these messages and if you run across a message that you consider to be spam, check the box next to the message’s subject.
- Select the Action drop-down menu and click on “Mark as Spam.” When you do so, two things will happen:
- The “bad” e-mail will be moved to your Junk E-Mail folder
- The sender’s e-mail address will not only be recorded by the spam filter, it will also be read. Over time, the spam filter will read enough of your spam e-mails to know what you consider to be “spam” and what you consider to be “ham” (aka “good” e-mail).
As always, if you have any questions, you can use the mail system’s online help features or you can drop us a line any time and ask a question.
Now I understand why my SPAM count is down … the SPAMINATOR is working hard behind the scenes! Thanks for the heads up!
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