{"id":954,"date":"2013-04-24T20:39:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T12:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/?p=954"},"modified":"2013-04-24T20:42:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T12:42:27","slug":"spam-and-rules-at-computer-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/2013\/04\/spam-and-rules-at-computer-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Spam and Rules at Computer Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As one of the main contention points people have with mail service is either the amount of spam they receive, or the amount of legitimate email we block, we&#8217;ve decided to put the solution in your hands.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve added user access to the <strong>blocking<\/strong> implementation we use at Computer Solutions.<\/p>\n<p>For a quite rerun on this our incoming mail rules are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sending Server has a valid Reverse DNS Entry<\/li>\n<li>Sending Server conforms to mail RFC&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Sending Server is not listed in any of the following Antispam Service Lists zen.spamhaus.org cblplus.anti-spam.org.cn cdl.anti-spam.org.cn bl.spamcop.net dnsbl.njabl.org<\/li>\n<li>Mail does not contain a virus, malware or similar content.<\/li>\n<li>Mail is addressed to a valid sender.<\/li>\n<li>Recipients mailbox is not full.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;re giving you access to do what you want with regards to incoming spam blocks.<br \/>\nIf you decide that our heinous blocking of senders who&#8217;s servers are _definitely_ listed in spam listings is not to your taste, then you can change that.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to whitelist any incoming mail you can do the following:<\/p>\n<p>1) Login as the postmaster account for your domain at http:\/\/rules.computersolutions.cn (in the example below, I&#8217;m editing my own account, you&#8217;ll need to use YOUR postmaster@yourdomain.com \/ password!)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.31.18-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.31.18-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-04-24 at 8.31.18 PM\" width=\"505\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.31.18-PM.png 505w, https:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.31.18-PM-300x118.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2) Select Domain Wide Focus<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.31.47-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.31.47-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-04-24 at 8.31.47 PM\" width=\"393\" height=\"194\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.31.47-PM.png 393w, https:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.31.47-PM-300x148.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3) Click Add a domain specific rule (this will apply to all messages received for your domain &#8211; i.e. anything @yourdomainname.com)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.31.56-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.31.56-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-04-24 at 8.31.56 PM\" width=\"727\" height=\"32\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.31.56-PM.png 727w, https:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.31.56-PM-300x13.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4) Setup appropriate rules (there are a number of options &#8211; in the example below I&#8217;m whitelisting all incoming mail).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.32.13-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.32.13-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-04-24 at 8.32.13 PM\" width=\"676\" height=\"846\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.32.13-PM.png 676w, https:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.32.13-PM-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5) Note that the System rules below are now greyed out (assuming you whitelisted as per example above). <br \/>\nThats because they no longer apply!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.35.39-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.35.39-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-04-24 at 8.35.39 PM\" width=\"824\" height=\"258\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.35.39-PM.png 824w, https:\/\/www.computersolutions.cn\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Screen-Shot-2013-04-24-at-8.35.39-PM-300x93.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In future we will be pushing clients to use this interface for their unblocking \/ blocking requirements, so that the needs of the few outvote the needs of the many, and your incoming email can go where no wo\/man has gone before.<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As one of the main contention points people have with mail service is either the amount of spam they receive, or the amount of legitimate email we block, we&#8217;ve decided to put the solution in your hands. 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