Junk Mail Be Gone!
CLASnet Launches New Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus E-mail System
CLASnet
has implemented a new anti-spam and anti-virus e-mail system for
everyone using the CLAS server for e-mail. These changes are designed
to catch more spam messages than the previous system and result
in fewer misclassified messages.
The anti-virus system errs on the side of caution, so you will see more informational notices than in the past. However, rather than the cryptic “permission denied” message used in the former system, the subject line of your e-mail message will read VIRUS ALERT, which means someone tried to send you a virus, or BANNED FILENAME, meaning someone tried to send you a forbidden attachment, most likely an executable one. If you were expecting an attachment from the sender, contact the sender and ask for the file to be sent as a ZIP attachment. At this time, about three percent of the total e-mail traffic is viruses or banned attachments.
The anti-spam system scores each message, using multiple criteria. If the score reaches a certain level, the message subject is prefixed with SPAM. If the message score exceeds the criteria, it is blocked. At this time, about 72 percent of the total number of incoming e-mail messages are blocked or tagged as spam. Please visit www.clasnet.ufl. edu/howto/mail-filtering for more information about these new e-mail features.