Email Filters

Setting Up Filters in SmarterMail

Filters can be applied as the Administrator that will affect all incoming mail to be screened for certain words that are known to be used in Spams that you are receiving. Examples are: Viagra, Rolex, etc. By setting up a filter for your domain you can reduce the number of incoming Spam messages while also being able to bypass Greylisting. (see above).

  1. Log into your Smarter Mail account as the Administrator: mail.yourdomainname.com
  2. Enter User Name and Password.
    This is the information supplied to you with your Mail Server Set-up letter.
  3. Once logged in, go to SETTINGS  >  MY CONTENT FILTERING
  4. Select your preferred options and click NEXT
  5. You can access complete instructions for Setting up filters by choosing Help > Help for this Page in the main menu in Smarter Mail

Add Postini to Your Mail Service

Postini is a third party mail filtering service offered by Google. It is highly effective in filtering all in-bound spam while also giving you additional control over what is being considered as spam, emails containing possible viruses, etc., by sending you a detailed report where you can allow messages to be sent if they are detected. You also have more controls over setting up SAFE SENDER lists.

For more information about adding Postini please go to the following link: http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/security/messagesecurity.html