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Specifying rule actions

Once you have set the conditions for a rule you must select an action or actions

to take for messages that meet your selected criteria. Under

“

Specify Actions,

”

select one of the following:

±

Move to folder

±

Copy to folder

±

Send copy to

±

Set expiration date

±

Change importance to

±

Delete

Depending on which action you have selected, you must complete the process

by doing one of the following:

±

If you selected

Move to folder

or

Copy to folder

, click Select and select a

folder. You can also create a folder from this dialog box if no folders have yet

been created in the mail file.

±

If you selected

Send copy to

, select whether you want the forwarded copies to

contain the full message or the message headers only. The headers are the

subject, the addresses, and the date and time at the beginning of the

message; they don't include the rich-text content of the message. Then enter

the recipients' addresses, separated by commas, or click Address to select

addresses from an address book.

±

If you selected

Set expire date

, enter a number and select days, weeks,

months, or years.

±

If you selected

Change importance to

, select an importance level.

You can combine multiple actions for a single rule. For example, you can copy the

message to a folder and change the importance. Note that if you select

Delete

as

the action, you cannot add any other actions to that rule.

The client mail rules give individual users the opportunity to detect and isolate

objectionable e-mail content. By isolating likely spam e-mail, the user can make

an informed judgement about each specific e-mail message. The e-mail from

known spammers and most offensive emails can be deleted using the more

restrictive rules, yet other e-mails can be recovered without extensive restore

Tip:

The

all documents

condition, new in Lotus Notes 6, lets you perform an

action on all messages that arrive in your mail while the rule is enabled. For

example, you might select

all documents

and specify sending a copy to

[email protected] while you are out of the office. Be aware that

you can create a mail sending loop if you improperly forward mail to an e-mail

account that concurrently forwards mail to you.

Section	Page
Front cover	1
Contents	5
Notices	7
Trademarks	8
Preface	9
The team that wrote this redbook	9
Become a published author	11
Comments welcome	12
Chapter 1. Introduction	13
1.1 Definition of spam	14
1.2 Categorizing spam	14
Chapter 2. Preventing unwanted e-mail and spam	19
2.1 Spam avoidance techniques	20
2.1.1 Passive harvesting attacks	20
2.1.2 Avoiding harvesting	21
2.1.3 Confusing the harvesters	22
2.1.4 Inform Users	22
2.2 How to block spam	24
2.2.1 At the gateway	25
2.2.2 At the server	25
2.2.3 By the end user	26
2.2.4 Selecting the best approach	26
2.2.5 Managing the ongoing anti-spam campaign	27
2.2.6 Summary	28
Chapter 3. Domino 6 anti-spam architecture	29
3.1 The Domino messaging environment	30
3.2 Domino 6 messaging components	32
3.2.1 SMTP Listener/Server	33
3.2.2 Router	35
3.3 Domino 6 anti-spam configuration	35
3.3.1 Server configuration features	36
3.3.2 User configuration features	37
3.4 Common problems and solutions	37
Chapter 4. Domino 6 Server anti-spam features	41
4.1 How to detect spam	42
4.1.1 Examining the message properties	42
4.1.2 Separating legitimate e-mail from spam based on content	43
4.2 Controlling connections from spammers	44
4.2.1 DNS Blacklist filters	44
4.2.2 Inbound Intended Recipients Controls	48
4.2.3 Disable routing mail to groups	51
4.2.4 Inbound connection controls	53
4.2.5 Inbound sender controls	54
4.3 Controlling delivery of spam	57
4.3.1 Server mail rules	57
4.4 Controlling use of your server as a relay	66
4.4.1 Inbound relay controls	66
4.4.2 Inbound relay enforcement	71
4.5 Protecting your Domino server from active address harvesting attacks	74
4.5.1 SMTP harvesting attacks	74
4.5.2 Spam mail bombing	74
4.5.3 Direct SMTP RCPT TO harvesting	74
4.5.4 Defending against active attacks	75
Chapter 5. Using mail file rules to prevent spam	77
5.1 Distinguishing between spam and legitimate e-mail	78
5.2 Mail file rules	80
5.2.1 Setting up mail file rules	80
5.2.2 Developing anti-spam mail file rules	83
5.2.3 Viewing mail rules and the evaluation sequence	89
5.2.4 Monitoring mail file rules	90
Chapter 6. Third party anti-spam products	93
6.1 Anti-spam products for Notes and Domino	94
6.1.1 spamJam for Lotus Notes and Domino	94
6.1.2 SpamEraser for Lotus Notes and Domino 6	97
6.1.3 iQ.Suite	100
6.1.4 ScanMail for Lotus Notes with eManager	101
6.1.5 XM SpamStop	104
6.1.6 Other anti-spam products for Notes and Domino	106
6.2 Anti-spam server and gateway products and services	106
6.2.1 BrightMail Anti-Spam 4.0 from BrightMail, Inc.	106
6.2.2 ActiveState PureMessage	107
6.2.3 Trend Micro Inc. products	109
6.2.4 Other anti-spam server or gateway products and services	110
Related publications	111
IBM Redbooks	111
Referenced Web sites	111
How to get IBM Redbooks	112
IBM Redbooks collections	112
Index	113

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