How does CanIt work?
A. When an email first arrives at UEA, it is checked to see if it has been sent by a server on a blacklist, i.e. from a known source of spam. If it has, then the message is discarded, unless the server is on our whitelist of permitted servers. If the message is from a server on our whitelist or not known to be producing spam, Canit checks the contents of the message to see if it is carrying a virus or if it looks like spam. It deletes any messages with a virus, and deals with any other ‘spam’ messages in the way that you choose. For example it may label it as {Spam?} in the Subject line, and deliver it to your mailbox so you can check to see whether it really is spam. Q. I wish to filter my spam E-mail, how can I do this? A. If you are on the Exchange server then the tagging can work in conjunction with Microsoft Outlook 2003, as it is possible to set up rules that filter emails using the UEA-email headers, that are attached to the incoming spam email. See our helpsheet E8: How to set
