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September/October 2005: Issue 127
UAMS Spam Filter:
Alert for Searchers
Have you recently e-mailed PubMed or EBSCO search results to yourself or to colleagues on campus but never received them? If so, it may be a problem with the settings on the new junkmail system UAMS IT is using. Even if you have previously UNJUNKed e-mailed search results, the spam filter may still catch future e-mailed search results. The filter may catch search results even if you have added the domain address to the accepted file. If this is happening to you, try this solution:
Solution:
1. Go to //junkmail.uams.edu
2. Login w/ campus id & password
3. Choose “Settings” and uncheck box for adhering to corporate defaults.
4. Click “Apply Changes.”
5. Under
Anti-Spam Techniques, click Anti-Spam Aggressiveness.
6. Uncheck the corporate defaults box. Apply Changes.
7. Also, under Anti-Spam Techniques, you may add listservs and domains that you want to allow through, including those domains that send the search results. You must do step 6 otherwise the corporate defaults can override servers in the Allowed list.
UAMS IT and the Library are working together to find solutions to difficulties that occur with the new spam filter. The IT department reports that the filter is already sparing users thousands of junk e-mails and potentially damaging viruses daily. We certainly appreciate their diligence in making our e-mail safer and easier to use. Look for updates on this and other software in future issues of the UAMS Library Newsletter.
For further information, please contact Susan Steelman at SteelmanSusanC@uams.edu or call the Library Reference Desk at 686-6734.