Junk Mail

Use this property page to customize how the Internet Agent flags messages for handling by the client Junk Mail Handling feature.

Junk Mail
For simple junk mail identification, select this option to flag messages as junk mail if they contain an x-spam-flag:yes in the MIME header.

For more complex junk mail identification, select this option, then list as many custom strings as necessary to identify junk mail. Each line identifies an “X” header field that your anti-spam service writes to the MIME header, along with the values that flag the message as spam. The Internet Agent examines the MIME header for any field listed in the Junk Mail box. When a match occurs, the message is marked for handling by the GroupWise client Junk Mail Handling feature.

Anti-spam services use different indicators to mark potential spam. One might use a string of asterisks; the more asterisks, the greater the likelihood that the message is spam. Another might use a numerical value; the higher the number, the greater the likelihood that the message is spam. The following samples are taken from MIME headers of messages:

X-Spam-Results: *****
X-Spam-Status: score=9

You must know the coding used by your anti-spam service in order to specify useful strings in the Junk Mail box.

A trademark symbol (^®, ^TM, etc.) denotes a Novell trademark. An asterisk (*) denotes a third-party trademark. For more information, see Legal Notices.