Installation of Mail Washer - anti Spam program
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After running the program, you will be prompted with the following prompts. Please select the Yes option and default settings for the following prompts. | |
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Once the program has completed its installation, you will be asked if you want to launch it. Please leave the launch option ticked and click on the Finish option. |
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The program may request to dial up. If it does, please click on Cancel, then.. | |
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..proceed to the Tools, Accounts submenu.
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Add your email account details to the pop up dialogue box. This must
be configured for all accounts that you receive mail from: |
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Enter the neccessary account details. | |
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For bounce emails, set the email address to: noresponse@imani.co.za the smtp server to: smtp.imani.co.za |
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Once completed, you will need to set up rules to process the incoming email. Click on Tools, select Options. |
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You will be prompted with 3 tabs. Under General, select careful, leave the rest as their default. | |
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Click on the Blacklist and Friends tab. Add in known friends email in the RHS. The program will add their names into the Blacklist column, once you mark them as spam during mail processing. Alternativley, you can add email addresses manually, that you wish to avoid. |
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Click on the Filters tab. Modify the existing rules, then add whenever additional filters are required. Add all common words that spammers use, such as sex,etc. Additional filters can be added or modified at any time after the initial setup. They can be set to read the body, or only the headers. |
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All that is needed now is to click on the process mail, then select blacklist for all mail that you want permanently deleted from your incoming email. These messages will be bounced back and many spammers will eventually remove you from their mailing list. | |
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The program applies its own list of rules as well as those chosen by you, to determine possible spam. Should you feel that certain mail is not spam, you can uncheck them and this will allow the message to be downloaded. | |
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Hereafter, launch your email program and download your email. | |
Please note. This program must be run prior to downloading email, in order for it to work. The initial effort required to fine tune the rules will be well rewarded in the drop off in junk email.
Happy Mailing! |