Refining Your X-PSU-Spam Filters

1. Follow the ITS Knowledge Base instructions for your email client:
   
   • Eudora (Windows)
   • Eudora (Mac)
   • Thunderbird (Windows or Mac)
   
   
2. Before saving your filter, add a second condition:
   
   • In Eudora:
     
     1. In the unlabeled dropdown menu, select and.
     2. From the Header dropdown menu, select <>.
     3. Select contains from the next unlabeled dropdown menu.
     4. Enter email.psu.edu into the text box.
     
     
   • In Thunderbird:
     
     1. Under For incoming messages that, click the Match all of the following option and click the plus sign ( + ).
     2. In the first dropdown menu, select To or cc.
     3. In the second dropdown menu, select contains.
     4. Enter email.psu.edu into the textbox.
     
     
   
   
3. Save your filter as the instructions for your client instruct you to do. Your filter will filter only PSU-flagged spam coming to an invalid address.

Note: You can also use these instructions to create refined filters on other problem addresses. For example, create two more new filters, follow these instructions and susbsitituting email.psu.edu with: mail.psu.edu psulias.psu.edu With these filters running, you will catch spam flagged coming from all of these addresses!

Warning: For this filter to work, please make sure you are giving out your correct Penn State email address, so that legitimate mail may be distinguished from spam. (See http://alerts.its.psu.edu/alert-1102)

Special thanks to Susan Ware, Vairo Library, Brandywine, and David Hutchinson, MTSS, for suggesting this tip!