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Can mail marked as spam automatically be marked as read?

SpamBayes FAQ
Yes. You can find this on the filtering tab of the SpamBayes manager dialog. However, you should also see the envelope icon question.

Why does new junk mail automatically get marked as read?

FAQ - Evolution
Good question - one can easily miss new messages which have been incorrectly marked as junk. Workaround: Both for trash and the junk folder, one can enable displaying the number of ALL messages in the preview pane (in brackets after the folder name) by using the environment variable EVOLUTION_COUNT_TRASH=1.

Why is some of my incoming mail marked "[SPAM]"?

Lanziant Digital Media - Support - Common Support Issues and...
SPAM Filtering was implemented in June of this year. The SPAM Filter gives each incoming email a score based on common SPAM elements in an email. Generally any score over 5 is SPAM. SPAM Filter settings on each mail account are set by default to "mark as SPAM in Subject", this means that if the SPAM Score is equal or more than the number in the 'Score to Mark SPAM in Subject' setting, then the word '[SPAM]' is appended to the front of the subject of the email.

Can messages that are marked as spam be deleted automatically?

BDH Technology LLP - FAQ - Marshalltown, Iowa, Des Moines, A...
The short answer is yes. Whether or not it is a good idea is a different topic altogether. While our spam scanner is very efficient, it can never be 100% effective. Therefore some messages may be false positives (messages incorrectly marked as spam). If you aren't worried about the possibility of losing a few valid emails from time to time contact us and we will set it up so that any messages marked as spam are automatically deleted for you.

Can I automatically move or delete emails marked as SPAM?

GOTH.NET - Welcome
Yes, you can. To do this, login to the GOTH.NET web-based email client, and click the SpamAssassin link at the top of the page. If you wish to automatically move all suspected spam emails to a folder other than your INBOX, simply select the folder from the drop down list next to the "Spam Folder" option, and click the Change Default Settings button. You must have created the folder you wish these emails to be moved to first.

whitelist] How do I prevent mail from being marked as spam?

Frequently Asked Questions — Employees.org
Add the sender to your whitelist. In ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs, add the following: whitelist_from mailinglist@example.com Where mailinglist@example.com is the From: address for the mailinglist. You can also use whitelist_to to whitelist the To: address. More information is available in the SpamAssassin Configuration Docs.

Can I automatically forward spam from my spamtraps?

SpamCop FAQ
If you are a mailserver administrator and you have have spamtraps, you may help feed the SpamCop database, subject to administrator approval. Traps must consist of email addresses which have never been used for legitimate email. They should not be "recycled" user accounts. They should not be well known email addresses, however fake. Spammers and other users should not be aware what the addresses are and you should try to keep them as confidential as is reasonably possible.

How do I get the spam to be marked as read? How do I set Agent to not alert me to new spam?

Agent Newsreader FAQ
Select the Junk folder and then open its Properties via Folder | Properties and then Receiving Messages | When To Mark Read. In the "Email Unread Marks" box, enable the option to override the default, then enable the option to "Mark messages read when routed to this folder". This will mark all messages automatically filed or routed to that folder as read.

All the mail from this user is getting marked as spam, but it's not. How do I change this?

What is POP3/IMAP
You can create a folder on your IMAP server named "sa-learn-ham" and copy any mail that you don't want marked as spam to that mail box. This MIGHT help. The spam filters will check that mailbox and try to use any messages in it to learn what is and is not spam. You might also forward a sample message to abuse@covisp.net and we will see if there's anything we can recommend.

Why did this email NOT get marked as spam?

JunkMail 2.0.6 FAQ & Troubleshooting
The email failed spam test(s), but the actions you are using for those spam tests did not mark the email as spam (for example, if you use the WARN action, the spam will be delivered and will seem like normal email to many email clients). The email was whitelisted. If you have any WHITELIST entries in your \{MAILSERVER}\Declude\global.cfg file, you will need to check them all to see if they could have whitelisted the email. Remember, whitelisting is a last resort.

What happens to comments that are marked as "Spam"?

Combating Comment Spam/FAQ & WordPress Codex
Comments that are marked as [spam] will be held in your database to educate "intelligent" anti-spam plugins, such as Akismet (http://akismet.com/). Plugins like Spam Nuker (http://www.chrisjdavis.org/2005/03/03/mass-delete-15/) can safely recover or permanently delete any comments marked as [spam] . If you do not have comment spam plugins or the latest version of WordPress (http://www.wordpress.org/download) installed, this may happen.

Can I read my e-mail in the library?

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) | University Library | UW-...
Library users wishing to read e-mail in the library may use any of the public access computers on the first and second floors, or the computers in the Typing/E-mail/Word Processing room on the third floor of the library (Room 3103).

I don't want to get spam mail from posting --How can I stop it?

rec.food.recipes FAQ
If you post to a newsgroup using your email address, you will start getting spam. You can prevent this by using a temporary mailing address such as hotmail, or yahoo. Or you can tell us to omit your correct address and we will post your recipes with recipes@swcp.com as the address. If you have written us and do not get an answer, ask yourself if you are sending us a valid address.

Why am I getting spam mail from the Apache site?

Apache Server Frequently Asked Questions
The short answer is: "You aren't." Usually when someone thinks the Apache site is originating spam, it's because they've traced the spam to a Web site, and the Web site says it's using Apache. See the previous FAQ entry for more details on this phenomenon. No marketing spam originates from the Apache site. The only mail that comes from the site goes only to addresses that have been requested to receive the mail.

What about e-mail spam?

The Net Abuse FAQ
You can always complain about unsolicited e-mail to both the bozo that sent it to you and the bozo's postmaster. To write to a postmaster, just substitute the perp's username in their address (e.g., bozo@otherwise.lovely.com) with "postmaster" (i.e., postmaster@otherwise.lovely.com.) Please be brief and polite with the postmasters, include a copy of the e-mail you received, and leave the subject-line intact (in case the postmaster wants to set up an auto-responder.

What is 'spam' mail?

Hertfordshire Constabulary - FAQs
Unsolicited e-mail, sometimes referred to as 'spam' or 'unsolicited commercial email' (UCE), is electronic mail which is unwarranted and sent for the purpose of selling the recipient goods or services. It is most often used for multi-level marketing schemes, get-rich-quick schemes, work-at-home schemes or for questionable products or pornography. Several years ago 'spammers' developed software that could lift all the email addresses from web pages.

Can the system simply delete all email marked as spam?

DrakNet-Welcome to Drak.Net Web Hosting
We advise against this as it is possible that legitimate email will be deleted and the sender will never know that you didn't receive it - however, we also have to admit, that's what we do because spam is becoming such a problem. If you're happy that email marked as {Spam?}, and/or more suitably {Definitely Spam?} is always accurate, you can configure Mailscanner to do so in you control panel.
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