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Email Setting and Features for Students [mailhost.fit.edu]

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SPAM Filtering

Each email received is analyzed by a series of tests to determine the probability the email is a SPAM email. The probability is stored in the email as the SPAM score. The SPAM score starts at 0 and increases as the tests return a positive. By default, any email with a SPAM score over 5 is deleted and a message is sent to the sender that the message was blocked. Then, the user decides what to do to the lower SPAM scored email. Any email with a SPAM score between 3 and 5 will get a modified subject of "{SPAM? 3}".  The following steps are instructions for setting the SPAM Filter Level:

Setting the SPAM Filter Level

Each email is scored from zero and up. Zero being the least likely the email is SPAM. As the number increases, the probability increases that the email is SPAM. By default, any email with a SPAM score of five or higher will be deleted. The steps below will describe how to increase the SPAM filter level and how to filter the email.

  1. Logon to https://webaccess.fit.edu
  2. Select the filters link at the top of the web page.
  3. Click the "Add a New Rule" button located at the bottom of the page.
  4. Select the "Header Match" option.
  5. Select "X-fltech-MailScanner-SpamScore" from the header drop-down.
  6. Select "contains" from the next drop-down.
  7. Enter the number of "s" characters for the SPAM score limit to filter. For instance, if you want to filter all email with a SPAM score five or higher, then enter "sssss" characters.
  8. Click the "Move on to step 3" button.
  9. Select "Move message into".
  10. Select "a new folder, named" and enter "spam".
  11. Click the "Move on to step 4" button.
  12. Review your options and click the "Finished" button.

Quota

 Each user gets quota of 100MB.

Virus Scanning

All email attachments are scanned for viruses. If a virus is found, then the email attachment will be replaced with a virus notice. The virus email will have the subject modified to look like this example "{VIRUS?} Subject".

Blocked Attachments

Currently, there are extensions on attachments blocked from being sent and received. If you are trying to send or receive a legitimate attachment, then rename the extension to a unblocked extension. Also, zipping the files up and sending the zip file will allow them to be sent and received.

Here is the list of extensions being blocked at this current time: (Click Here)

Forwarding Your Email

Since Fall 2003, Florida Tech Faculty, Staff, and students will be responsible for all mail sent to your @fit.edu address. If you want to forward your email to another account, you can do so through the web based email.

To forward your email:

  1. Logon to https://webaccess.fit.edu
  2. Select the filters link at the top of the web page.
  3. Click the "Add a New Rule" button located at the bottom of the page.
  4. Select the "All Messages" option.
  5. Click the "Redirect to the following address" option and enter the email address you want to forward to.
  6. Click the "Move on to Step 4" button.
  7. Review your options and click the "Finished" button.

Note: Exchange users cannot forward mail from this interface. Please see the instructions on forwarding exchange email.

Setting a Vacation Message

  1. Logon to https://webaccess.fit.edu
  2. Select the filters link at the top of the web page.
  3. Click the "Add a New Rule" button located at the bottom of the page.
  4. Select the "All Messages" option.
  5. Click the "Vacation" option and enter a vacation message.
  6. Under "Addresses", enter your TRACKS email address if it is not already filled in.
  7. Click the "Move on to Step 4" button.
  8. Review your options and click the "Finished" button.

Note: To stop sending out vacation messages, just delete the vacation rule.