Spam Assassin

Our customers receive over 20,000 unwanted commercial emails per day. This clever program tags most of that mail in a special way. It checks from a list of a hundred or more clues. From them, it builds a score for the mail. If that score gets too high Spam Assassin tags the mail.

It's not appropriate to delete mail that's parsed in this way because the method is imperfect. What it does do is alter the subject of the message to include the word [SPAM] so you don't have to waste your time opening it. It also adds a small report to the top of the message that explains how it came to the conclusion that the message is spam.

You'll also want to visit the Spam Assassin Setup page to learn how to configure Outlook Express to automatically filter your [SPAM] email automatically.

	The Low setting lets nearly all mail through. Only the most obvious spams will be tagged. spamscore: 12
	Guarded will tag slightly more spam, but will possibly match a little more legitimate mail as well. spamscore: 8
	Elevated settings will block most spam, but will almost certainly tag a few legitimate mails from time to time. This is the setting we anticipate most people choosing, but there's really no way for us to know what will be most popular. spamscore: 5 (additionally, emails must be in the english language)
	The high setting is probably not a good idea unless you don't mind going through your spam folder once in a while. It is very aggressive and will tag legitimate mail every few days at least. spamscore: 4 (additionally, emails must be in the english language)
	This setting is pretty militant. Going through the spam folder once a day will probably be necessary... spamscore: 3 (additionally, emails must be in the english language)

Don't forget to check (or uncheck) this:

I wish to use the Spam Assassin parsing

Verification

If you checked the checkbox above (or wish to clear previous settings), you'll need to enter your email username and password below. Your username is the portion of your email address before the @ sign.

Email username: @mei.net, Password:

MEI Email Filtering and Parsing Options

Spam Assassin

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