Spam

Configure how VStream Antispam should handle spam that is detected using the Content Based Antispam engine.

Action

Specify the action VStream Antispam should take upon detecting spam, by selecting one of the following:

• None. Take no action.
• Reject. Block the email. The email will be permanently deleted.
• Mark Subject. Mark the email's Subject line.

If you select Mark Subject, the Mark Text field appears.

Note: If the Content Based Antispam engine is in Monitor Only mode, this setting is ignored. For information on changing the engine's mode, see Enabling/Disabling VStream Antispam.

Mark Text

Type the prefix to the text appearing in the Subject field of the spam notification email.

For example, if you type [SPAM] and the original email's Subject field displays "Earn Money the Easy Way", the spam notification email's Subject field will display: "[SPAM] Earn Money the Easy Way".

The default value is [SPAM].

Note: If your email client allows defining rules based on the Subject field, you can create rules specifying that emails whose Subject field contains certain words should be moved to specific folders. For example, you can configure your email client to move all emails whose Subject field contains [SPAM] directly to the Deleted Items folder.

Track

Specify whether VStream Antispam should log spam, by selecting one of the following:

• Log. VStream Antispam should log spam.
• None. VStream Antispam should not log spam.

Confidence

Type the minimum spam confidence level (SCL). If an email's SCL matches or exceeds this threshold, the email is considered spam.

Setting a higher SCL reduces the number of legitimate emails erroneously identified as spam. Setting a lower SCL increases the amount of spam that is identified as legitimate email.

The default value is 90.

Suspected Spam

Configure how VStream Antispam should handle suspected spam that is detected using the Content Based Antispam engine.

Action

Specify the action VStream Antispam should take upon detecting potential spam, by selecting one of the following:

• None. Take no action.
• Reject. Block the email. The email will be permanently deleted.
• Mark Subject. Mark the email's Subject line.

If you select Mark Subject, the Mark Text field appears.

Note: If the Content Based Antispam engine is in Monitor Only mode, this setting is ignored. For information on changing the engine's mode, see Enabling/Disabling VStream Antispam.

Mark Text

Type the prefix to the text appearing in the Subject field of the suspected spam notification email.

For example, if you type [SUSPECTED SPAM] and the original email's Subject field displays "Earn Money the Easy Way", the suspected spam notification email's Subject field will display: "[SUSPECTED SPAM] Earn Money the Easy Way".

The default value is [SUSPECTED SPAM].

Note: If your email client allows defining rules based on the Subject field, you can create rules specifying that emails whose Subject field contains certain words should be moved to specific folders. For example, you can configure your email client to move all emails whose Subject field contains [SUSPECTED SPAM] directly to a Quarantine folder.

Track

Specify whether VStream Antispam should log suspected spam, by selecting one of the following:

• Log. VStream Antispam should log suspected spam.
• None. VStream Antispam should not log suspected spam.

Confidence

Type the minimum spam confidence level (SCL). If an email's SCL matches or exceeds this threshold, the email is considered suspected spam.

Setting a higher SCL reduces the number of legitimate emails erroneously identified as suspected spam. Setting a lower SCL increases the amount of potential spam that is identified as legitimate email.

The default value is 80.