Define your filters

• Automatic forwarding
• Safety filter
• Receive mail from anyone
• Vacation reply
• Automatic filing
• Automatic deletion
  

Automatic forwarding of email

This service option is not currently available.

Safety filters

Safety filters enable you to block unsolicited email (UCE or SPAM) You do this by defining the senders from whom you will accept email (Green-List), and senders whose messages you do not wish to receive (Red-List).

1. From the main menu click Options and then click Safety Filters.
2. Read the section marked 'Safety Control' to decide which of Red-List or Green-List you wish to use.

Green List:
Specify senders from whom you wish to accept mail.

1. Select the option 'Receive messages only from specific senders'.
2. Specify a list of senders in the text box.  
   You can enter the FULL email address of the sender including the @ (the "at" symbol) and the domain name (e.g "stuff.com"), eg john@stuff.com or you can enter a domain name, such as 'stuff.com' to allow all emails from all users of that domain.
3. Click 'Add my address book to my Green-List' if you want to add all names in your address book to the green list.
4. Click on 'Save' to save your preferences.

Red List:
Specify senders whose mail you do not wish to accept.

1. Select 'Block messages from specified senders'.
2. In the text box, enter the full E-mail addresses of senders whose E-mail you want blocked. Messages sent to you by those people will be automatically erased from our mail server. Note: You can also block E-mail received from entire domains, e.g. junk.com, spam.net, etc.
   Enter the full E-mail addresses (e.g. john@junk.com) or domain name (e.g. junk.com, spam.net etc.) If you have more than one address, please enter each address on a new line.

3. Select 'Block messages from specified senders' and enter the full email address as you did for the Green List of each sender in the Address List box.

4. Click on 'Save' to save your preferences.

Receive Mail From Anyone

If you choose this option, no safety control will be performed on your incoming messages, other than the general Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus controls used by the owners of this service.

1. Click the Options menu item on the left vertical navigation bar.
2. Click on "Safety Filters". Click the the "Receive mail from anyone" checkbox.
3. Click Save.

Vacation Reply

The Vacation Reply feature allows you to automatically reply automatically to incoming messages when you are away.

1. From the vertical navigation bar click Options
2. Click the filters tab
3. Click Vacation Reply
4. Mark the checkbox next to Enable Automatic Vacation Reply.
5. Enter the Start Date when you want automatic reply to begin. Enter Month/Day/Year by clicking the drop-down menu in the  appropriate boxes to choose the relevant Starting date.
6. Enter the ending date. This should be the last date when you want automatic replies to arrive to your incoming emails.
7. Follow the same procedure as above by clicking the Month/Day/Year drop-down menu to choose the last date for automatic response.
8. You can choose between two types of automatically sent messages:    
   a. Default reply message: a pre-written message given by the system with text for both the Subject and the Body section.    
   b. A Customized Reply where you decide what text you would like to appear in the Subject and Body area
9. To choose the first option, click the button next to Default reply message
10. Once you choose this option, go to the bottom of the page and click the Save button to exit this page
11. The replies will begin at the designated time
12. Click the orange button next to Customized reply if you prefer to enter your own text.
13. Enter in the field marked Subject the desired text you wish to appear in the subject area of you mail
14. Enter in the field Body , the text you wish to appear in the body.
15. Click the Save button to save these settings

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Automatic filing

1. Automatic Filing rules enable you to move incoming messages to other folders, according to specified criteria. You can define up to five Automatic Filing rules and enable each rule individually.
2. From the vertical navigation bar click Options.
3. Click the Filters tab the Automatic Filing link.
4. Click the checkbox where you see Move Messages in order to activate this feature
5. You need to fill four parameters for each rule in order for the message to go to the chosen folder.
6. "If" precedes the drop-down menu where you decide which heading of the incoming mail contains words that characterize messages you want to be sent to a particular folder. For example, you may want all mail with the word "Jenny" in the "From" area of the incoming mail to be placed automatically in a certain folder ("Jenny's Folder" for example)
7. You have a choice of selecting words from the "Subject" , " From" , "To", and "CC" area of the incoming mail.
8. In the next drop-down menu choose if you want the mail filtered and filed according to words that are Contained or Not Contained in the mail headings provided in the first drop-down menu.
9. In the next drop-down menu choose if you want the mail filtered and filed according to words that are Contained or Not Contained in the mail headings provided in the first drop-down menu.
10. Moving from left to right, in the third box, type the actual words according to which mail will be filtered.
11. Finally, after the words move message to , select from the menu the folder where you want the filtered messages filed. By clicking the arrow you will see a list of the folders you created.
12. Repeat these steps for a total of five rules and click the Save button at the bottom of the page to save your changes.
13. You can cancel these settings by clicking Cancel at the bottom of the page.

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Automatic Deletion

1. Automatic Deletion rules enable you to delete incoming email, according to specified criteria. You can define up to ten rules and enable each rule individually. To define an rule for Automatic Deletion rule, please do the following:
2. From the vertical navigation bar click Options
3. Click the filters tab
4. From the possible filters and click the Automatic Deletion link.
5. Click the checkbox where you see Delete Messages in order to activate this feature.
6. "If" precedes the drop-down menu where you decide which heading of the incoming mail contains words that characterize messages you want to be deleted. For example, you may want all mail with the word "Jenny" in the "From" area of the incoming mail to be deleted.
7. You have a choice of selecting words from the "Subject" , " From" , "To", and "CC" area of the incoming mail. While each mail program gives users the ability to fill these sections, remember that many mails do not include a CC address (carbon copy) or a Subject heading. All of them include information in the "From" field though.
8. In the next drop-down menu choose if you want the mail deleted according to words that are Contained or Not Contained in the mail headings provided in the first drop-down menu.
9. In the next drop-down menu choose if you want the mail deleted according to words that are Contained or Not Contained in the mail headings provided in the first drop-down menu.
10. Moving from left to right, in the third box, type the actual words according to which mail will be filtered and deleted.