Troubleshooting

  1. 3 min read

    In addition to using a spam filtering program like SpamAssassin, you can use remote block lists (RBLs, also called DNSBLs) to look for spam in your incoming email. RBLs are lists of IP addresses that are associated with spam email. Your server asks an RBL if the email sender IP is on its list of spam addresses. If it is, your server’s settings can reject the message and send it back with an error, accept the message and tag it for further spam filtering, or accept the message and deliver it to your inbox.

  2. 3 min read

    Spam filters like SpamAssassin do a pretty good job of catching unwanted email. But, sometimes they catch an email you want in your inbox! If you are using SpamAssassin or another filtering program that is configured to move spam mail into a spam box automatically it might not be showing up in your webmail or email client. You have to separately subscribe to your spam folder to be able to see it.