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====== Managing Junk Mail ====== | ====== Managing Junk Mail ====== | ||
- | See also **[[quick_guide: | + | See also **[[quick_guide: |
This page is about **how to minimize the junk** e-mail (spam) flowing into your Inbox...the **methodology** rather than application-specific instructions. | This page is about **how to minimize the junk** e-mail (spam) flowing into your Inbox...the **methodology** rather than application-specific instructions. | ||
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Please keep in mind that **valid senders** (including mass-mailers such as MailChimp™ or Constant Contact™) who distribute both desired and undesirable mail, **will always make it through filters**. | Please keep in mind that **valid senders** (including mass-mailers such as MailChimp™ or Constant Contact™) who distribute both desired and undesirable mail, **will always make it through filters**. | ||
- | ===== Do You Have a Professional Filter? ===== | + | ===== Do You Have a Professional Filter |
- | If you do not have a **professional spam filtering service**, you are 'going to a gunfight without a gun'. | + | If you do not have a **professional spam filtering service**, you are 'going to a gunfight without a gun'. You can do it, but the results may not be...satisfying. |
**We offer very cost-effective filtering options**, starting at $1.30/ | **We offer very cost-effective filtering options**, starting at $1.30/ | ||
===== For Users ===== | ===== For Users ===== | ||
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In order: | In order: | ||
- | - When a message comes in, users should **evaluate whether the sender is valid** (not to to be confused with undesirable). | + | - When a message comes in, users should **evaluate whether the sender is valid** (not to to be confused with undesirable). |
- | - If the **sender is completely evil**...**DO NOT attempt to unsubscribe**. | + | - If the **sender is completely evil**...**do not attempt to unsubscribe**. |
- If the **sender is valid**, **unsubscribe** from the list. **This is very important**. | - If the **sender is valid**, **unsubscribe** from the list. **This is very important**. | ||
- After you ' | - After you ' | ||
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==== Domain Level ==== | ==== Domain Level ==== | ||
- | You/we can **whitelist or blacklist at the domain level, affecting all of that domain' | + | You/we can **whitelist or blacklist at the domain level, affecting all of that domain' |
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+ | We can assign client-administrators on our professional services who can do this, but we often make these domain-level adjustments on behalf of our customers. | ||
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+ | **You can decide just how aggressive you want to be**, even blacklisting mass-mailers if you so choose. | ||
==== User Level ==== | ==== User Level ==== | ||
- | **Individual users do the majority of whitelist or blacklist operations, affecting just that user.** | + | **Individual users do the majority of whitelist or blacklist operations, affecting just that user.** |
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+ | Manual whitelist/ | ||
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+ | Having individual users perform whitelist or blacklist operations takes employee time away from their 'real job', but can save time in the long run...a mixed blessing. | ||