Mail Filter

A Mail Filter, released in spring 2003, gives Cyrus e-mail users the ability to significantly reduce the amount of spam or junk mail messages in their INBOX folder through the following three functions:

• Enable Spam filtering. This feature allows you to turn spam filtering on and off. Spam will be filed into a folder, which you specify in a dialogue box (e.g., INBOX.spam). Instructions on how to create folders will be available on the page.
• Create and Modify Accept List. The Accept List is a list of addresses or domains from which you always want to receive e-mail messages, even if the spam filter thinks that they could be spam. You can add or remove addresses (e.g., ju33@andrew.cmu.edu) or domains (e.g., hotmail.com) using the tools on the page.
• Create and Modify Filter List. The Filter List is a list of addresses and domains which you always want to treat as spam. Thus, if you always want to filter e-mail from ju33@andrew.cmu.edu or from an AOL user (aol.com) into your spam folder, you can add those to your Filter List and they'll always be filed into your spam folder.

To access and enable the Mail Filter, visit the My Andrew Web Service and click on the link for "Mail Filtering and Vacation".

Last Updated: 7/13/04