What is SPAM?

Let's make it simple and define SPAM as any junk or commercial advertising e-mail that we receive that we did not request. Learn more about SPAM at the Spam Abuse web site - http://SPAM.abuse.net/.

How can I block SPAM?

HostingCity provides Spam Assassin as a free tool to block SPAM e-mail from the server. By default, Spam Assassin is disabled when your web site is first setup by HostingCity.

How do I filter email based on content of the Subject line?

These instructions will help you filter out unwanted email based on the existence of words in the Subject line of an email:
  • Click on E-Mail Filtering, then click on Add Filter
  • In the first Drop down box select: Subject
  • In the second Drop down box select: contains
  • In the third box, type: stop pay (or the desired word you are filtering on)
    Note: this field is case sensitive, so entering "viagra" may not block "vIaGrA"
  • Click Discard, click Activate, then click Go Back
Now, let's run a test:
  • Change the subject of the test e-mail to something like "You can stop paying high interest"
  • Then click Test Filter
  • You should receive verification that the filter condition was TRUE, which means that it discarded the message. Like:
    Filter Trace Results:
    Condition is true: $header_subject: contains stop pay
    Return-path copied from sender
Automatically discard SPAM email

The above instructions can also be used to automatically delete email messages flagged by SPAM ASSASSIN as SPAM:
  • Click on E-Mail Filtering, then Add Filter
  • In the first drop down box, select "Spam Assassin Spam Header"
  • In the second drop down box, select "contains"
  • In the third box, enter: *****SPAM*****
  • Click Discard, then Activate, then Go Back
I want to use a 3rd party program to keep SPAM out of my inbox and want something that integrates with Microsoft Outlook?

There is one company we proudly back as the best SPAM fighter, Cloudmark.

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I do not use Microsoft Outlook and want to the best SPAM fighting program?

We suggest Thunderbird by Mozilla, as an alternative to Microsoft Outlook.

- Thunderbird makes emailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with the industry's best implementations of features such as intelligent SPAM filters, built-in RSS reader, quick search, and much more. Download Mozilla Thunderbird at http://www.mozilla.org/.

If you are looking for an alternative to Internet Explorer, you will want to check out FireFox by Mozilla.

- The wait is over. FireFox empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser. Join more than 25 million others and make the switch today - Firebox imports your Favorites, settings and other information, so you have nothing to lose. Download Mozilla Firefox at http://www.mozilla.org/.