Forwarding SPAM to Postini
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- DISCUSSION
Spam is unsolicited email usually sent by advertising companies to promote their products. According to Postini.com, ten out of fifteen email messages are spam. The CTC Information Technology Division uses a secure email boundary service developed by Postini to filter most spam from entering the CTC network. Postini’s filtering system blocks up to 95% of spam from entering the CTC network. But sometimes you may receive spam in your Inbox. If you do, Postini has three recommendations for you:
Check your settings in the Junk Email Settings screen at your Postini Message Center (click here to visit postini.com). By default, all settings should be set to “Aggressive”.
Review your Approved Mailing List.
Forward your spam to Postini so they can add the sender to their filter system.
- PROCEDURE
How to forward spam to Postini:
Open a new email message (Ctrl + N) in MS Outlook.
Resize your Inbox and New Message windows so they are side by side.
Highlight the spam email and drag it from your Inbox to the body of the New Message window. This will create an attachment. Do not forward the spam email or save it to your computer and attempt to add it as an attachment because this may release any spyware attached to the spam email into your computer.
In the “To…” field type spam@postini.com. You do not need to type anything into the body of the email.
- Click “Send”.
