Webmail Filters

Students can configure filters on their Fallon Webmail. Filters can also be used to delete or file incoming or outgoing email.

Applying filters (once defined):

  1. From the INBOX, click on the icon located in the INBOX label bar.
  2. Follow the instructions below (Filter Definition Screen Access).
  3. Click Apply All Filters.

Creating a filter using the Blacklist feature:

  1. Go to INBOX, view the offending email.
  2. Select Blacklist from the toolbar along the top of the Webmail window.
  3. A wizard generates a rule and presents it to you in the following format:


Rule Definition dialog box

  1. In this example, any email coming from the address howpat@uisreno.com is deleted.
    • The rule may be generalized by changing the text.
      • For example, if you edit the text to read howpat, it rejects incoming email from any email address starting with howpat.
      • Or, if you edit the text to read uisreno.com, all incoming email from that server is rejected.
    • The action line is used to describe how identified email is processed.
      • Delete message is the default.
      • Email matching the rule could also be stored in user-defined folders.

Defining a filter

Access to the Filter Definition screen is also available through the Options item on the main toolbar.

  1. Select Filters from the Mail Management column.
  2. Select Edit Your Filter Rules.
  3. You see your current list of filters built by the Blacklist command.

Filters are applied in the order they are listed. The most comprehensive filters (those that would impact the most email) should be near the top of the list.


Deleting email

  1. Delete email from a specific user:
    • Field: From:
    • Text: <email address to be blocked - full address>
    • Action: Delete
  2. Delete email with a specific word (example: Viagra):
    • Field: Subject: and Body:
    • Text: Viagra viagra VIAGRA (and any other variations you can think of)
    • Action: Delete

Filing all messages from a particular source to a separate folder

  1. First (one time only), create folder.
    • Select Folders icon from toolbar at top of INBOX window.
    • From the Choose Action drop-down box, select Create Folder.
    • Enter name of new folder.
  2. Return to Filter Definition screen (see above).
    • Field: From: OR Subject:
    • Text: <email address> OR <subject word>
    • Action: Move Select appropriate folder


Viewing full headers (for reporting child pornography)

  1. View the offending email.
  2. Select the Message Source option from the Action bar at the top of the message.
  3. Cut and paste the information into a new email addressed to spam@unr.edu.

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