Spam Filter Installation

To help our clients cope with the ever-increasing volume of "spam" (emails containing unsolicited advertisements and sexual content) Vermont Design Works has created a spam filter that will screen out a large percentage of unwanted messages.

The way the spam filter works is simple. Each email that is sent to our servers is subjected to careful testing to see if it has any of the characteristics typically associated with spam. Each of these characteristics is given a numerical score. If the total score for an email goes above a certain number, the email is designated "spam" and the word "***SPAM***" is automatically added to the subject line of the email.

In order to make Vermont Design Works spam filter work for you, you need to tell your email program to put these "***SPAM***" emails into a separate folder when they arrive. That way, they will not clutter up your inbox. You can, of course, instruct your computer to delete them automatically. We do not recommend this, however, because every now and then legitimate emails – emails from a listserve that you belong to, for example – get labeled as spam by mistake. By sending the "***SPAM***" emails to their own folder, you’ll be able to check through them in case you are missing an important email that you’ve been expecting. (Of course, you should empty the "***SPAM***" folder periodically to make sure that it doesn’t take up too much memory on your hard drive.)

To set up the spam filter on your own computer, simply click on the link below for the email program that you use, and you’ll be taken to detailed instructions.

1. Outlook
2. Outlook Express
3. Eudora
4. Netscape

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Vermont Design Works at 802.383.7679.