Spam filtering information for Staff
Staff have been able to filter Spam emails on their email client (e.g. Mozilla, Netscape, Outlook)
since September 2003. Since June 2004, staff have been able to direct the Staff email servers
to filter Spam emails prior to being delivered to their INBOX.
New: Spam filtering is now enabled by default for all new email accounts. More information
Updated 4/5: Spam filtering is now enabled by default for all staff and role email accounts.
Staff can now filter Spam by one of two methods:
* Server-side Spam filtering (recommended)
* Client-side Spam filtering
Read on for information about the differences between the two methods and which you should select if you want to
implement spam filtering.
Server-side Spam filtering (default) is an easy means of filtering spam emails into a special 'Spam' folder in your email
account. The filtering occurs on the server before you see the emails, and will operate whether you use an email
client (such as Netscape Communicator) or one of the two web-based interfaces (WebMail (http://mail.monash.edu.au)
or my.monash portal (http://my.monash.edu.au)) to read your staff email.
To enable or disable server-side spam filtering, please read the following guide.
Server-side filtering instructions
Client-side Spam filtering uses filters that are created within your email client (e.g. Netscape
Communicator, Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook) that
redirect emails that Monash has 'marked' as Spam to a specific 'Spam' folder.
To enable client-side spam filtering, please follow the specific instructions for your client.
Client-side filtering instructions
Which method of filtering should you choose: server-side or client side?
ITS recommends that staff use server-side filtering. Server-side filtering is
by far the simpliest to set-up and works transparently to filter emails before you see them. If you find that
server-side filtering doesn't offer enough flexibility in Spam folder choice etc. then client-side filtering is the
option to provide this flexibility.
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