How to: Prevent Webmail Spam

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The following is a consolidation of material from other Forum posts and some new information to assist Webmail users in blocking unwanted email.&nbsp; Filter Rules can help reduce the amount of spam you receive.Filter Rules vs Blocked Senders&nbsp;-&nbsp;Blocked Senders&nbsp;is limited to 250 individual email addresses that are filed into Spam.&nbsp;&nbsp;Filter Rules&nbsp;can block individual email addresses and entire domains&nbsp;with no theoretical limit.&nbsp; They&nbsp;can file into Spam or other folders or discard&nbsp;and you never need to see unwanted email at all.First:&nbsp;Turn off Webmail spam filtering that routes to Spam the email that Webmail determined to be spam.&nbsp; Webmail &gt; Settings icon &gt; Settings &gt; Inbox &gt;&nbsp;Spam settings &gt; No Spam filtering&nbsp;Second:&nbsp;Create Filter Rules to determine&nbsp;email you want or don't want and how you want to handle it.&nbsp; Webmail &gt; Settings icon &gt; Settings &gt; Inbox &gt;&nbsp;Filter Rules&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;Add new rule&nbsp;Difference between Discard and File into TrashAction &gt; File into &gt; Select folder &gt; Trash &gt; OK&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Incoming email is moved to Trash.Action &gt; Discard&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;No incoming email is&nbsp;received.Difference between Keep and File into InboxAction &gt; Keep&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Incoming email is moved to Inbox.&nbsp;&nbsp;(This would be used with&nbsp;subsequent rules).Action &gt; File into &gt; Select folder &gt; Inbox &gt; OK&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Incoming email is copied to Inbox.(For email going to Inbox anyway, this creates&nbsp;a second&nbsp;copy and typically wouldn't be used).
Rules are processed from top to bottom with the highest priority rule on top.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
Unckecking "Process subsequent rules" will prevent lower priority rules from processing.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Filter Rules default is "Apply rule if all conditions are met",&nbsp; Each condition may have multiple values.&nbsp;&nbsp;The rule will run if a&nbsp;value is matched&nbsp;in each condition.&nbsp; It will fail unless all conditions are met.
Filter Rules&nbsp; "Apply rule if any conditions&nbsp;is met",&nbsp;&nbsp;The rule will run if&nbsp;at least one condition is met..&nbsp;Example 1:&nbsp;Discard all email with “USA Wild Seafood” display name regardless of email address,Condition:&nbsp; From&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Contains&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; USA Wild SeafoodAction:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Discard&nbsp;Example 2: Discard all email from person1@this.com and from everyone with @that.com.Condition:&nbsp; From &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Contains&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;person1@this.com&nbsp;Condition:&nbsp; From&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Contains&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;@that.comAction:&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Discard&nbsp;Example 3: &nbsp;Discard all email from @other.com except from person2@other.com.Condition:&nbsp; From &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Contains&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; @other.comCondition: &nbsp;From &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Contains not&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;person2@other.comAction:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Discard&nbsp;Example 4: File all email from @something.com into a folder you created called MyWork.Condition:&nbsp; From &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Contains&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; @something.comAction:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; File into&nbsp; &nbsp; Select folder&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; MyWork&nbsp;The best way to become familiar with Filter Rules is to create a test rule and send yourself an email.

bruce · Answer

Good stuff.&nbsp; As&nbsp;widermouthopen&nbsp;used to write, "this is bookmark worthy"!&nbsp; But you won't find his quote because Cox cancelled him.

widermouthopen · Answer

Still reading the forum, even if I am not posting much because my posts get erased. Defiantly bookmark worthy! Let's hope me posting here doesn't get the post deleted.

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