Stop Email Spam with SpamAssassin
Steps to configure SpamAssassin
These steps will filter the spam at the server level.
- Login to your web host (access the cpanel with user name and password)
- Email Management Tools
- Click on SpamAssassin
- Enable SpamAssassin
- Configure SpamAssassin
- Set "required_score" to 5 (this is the default setting)
- For "rewrite_header subject" type "Spam Assassin Spam Header" in the box.
(this is for the text added to the Subject: line of mails that are considered spam)
- In "whitelist_from" type any addresses that may get labeled as spam
- Click "save" to save your settings.
Steps to configure Outlook Express
These steps will automatically delete the email that has been filtered by SpamAssassin
- At the top of Outlook Express go to tools - message rules - mail - new mail rule
- For Rule 1. check the box "where the subject line contains specific words"
- For Rule 2. check the box "delete it"
- For Rule 3. click on the link called "specific words" in this sentence
- A window will pop up called "Type Specific Words"
- Type "Spam Assassin Spam Header"
- Click Add-Ok
- Name the New Rule ie "New Mail Rule #1"
- Click Ok.
Now all your email will be filtered by SpamAssassin. Any email identified as spam will be labeled "Spam Assassin Spam Header" in the subject line and automatically deleted by Outlook Express.
This will reduce most of the spam you receive to a small trickle. If you still get too much email spam then just increase the "required_score" in SpamAssassin.
