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Friday August 2nd, 2013

OIT > Email > Spam > Entourage

Configuring Spam Scanning for
Microsoft Entourage X

Creating a Spam folder

  1. Click on the File menu at the top of the screen, then choose New > Subfolder (See Figure 1)
Figure 1. File menu
Figure 1
  1. Enter "Spam" and press Enter (See Figure 2)

Figure 2. Spam Folder Creation
Figure 2
  1. You should now have a Spam folder.

Please Note: Because SpamAssassin is unable to determine with 100% accuracy if a message is unsolicited, you will want to check your Spam folder frequently for legitimate emails, as well as to delete the actual spam

Creating a Spam filter

  1. Click on the Tools menu at the top of the screen, then choose Rules (See Figure 3)

Figure 3: Tools menu
Figure 3
  1. Click on the New button (See Figure 4)

Figure 4: Rules window
Figure 4
  1. In the Rule name: box, type "Spam" as the name for the filter
  2. Click All Messages and select Specific Header at the bottom of the list
  3. Enter the text "X-UCIRVINE-Spamscore" after Specific Header
  4. Enter the text "sssss" after Contains. This will set your Spamscore to 5. You can lower this score by typing in fewer "s".
  5. Click Change status and select Move message at the top of the list
  6. Click the box to the right of Move message and select Choose folder... at the bottom
  7. Select the "Spam" folder you created earlier.
  8. Make sure that all options in this window are as shown below (See Figure 5). This will filter email sent to your '@UCI.EDU' address.

Figure 5: Edit Rule
Figure 5
  1. Repeat steps 2 - 10 to create an additional filter. Enter "X-NACS_ES-MailScanner-SpamScore" into the Header: text box to create an additional filter. This will also filter email sent to you directly at your OIT Mailbox account.
  2. Click OK and then close the Rules window.

Now you are setup for Spam filtering. If you have any problems, please call the OIT Help Desk at 949-824-2222, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.