SpamTalk

Tools for Managing Spam in Your Inbox

April 18th, 2008

In the fall of 2007, iCIT asked for feedback on this SpamTalk blog, to better understand the effects of email spam and to ask for recommendations for the appropriate level of spam message filtering. As you can see from the comments posted on this blog, spam is clearly identified as a problem, and the majority of respondents are asking for tools and additional training to more effectively manage spam themselves.

In response to this request, instructions have been made available online, describing how to use junk mail rules, filters, and lists in Outlook and Entourage: http://www.uww.edu/icit/services/email/junkmailfiltering.html

Be aware that Outlook Web Access (OWA) does not yet provide spam filtering capabilities, which has been a real issue for UW-W students. This will be addressed during summer 2008, when we will implement a new version of the Exchange system that will add junk mail filtering capabilities to OWA by the fall semester.

We want to thank everyone for their input to the spam problem; this information helps to form future direction and strategy.

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