Configuring the Internet Agent for Spam Protection

In ConsoleOne^®, you can configure the Internet Agent to reject messages in certain situations:

• Messages are received from known open relay hosts or spam hosts (Internet Agent object > Access Control tab > Blacklists page).
• Messages are received from any hosts that you specifically do not want to receive messages from (Internet Agent object > Access Control tab > edit the default class of service > set Allow Incoming Messages, prevent Incoming Messages, and Exceptions as needed).
• Thirty messages are received within 10 seconds from the same sending host (Internet Agent object > SMTP/MIME Settings tab > Security Settings page). The number of message and the time interval can be modified to identify whatever you consider to be a potential mailbomb.
• Messages are received from SMTP hosts that are not using the AUTH LOGIN host authentication method (/forceinboundauth startup switch).
• The sender's identify cannot be verified (Internet Agent object > SMTP/MIME Settings tab > Security Settings page).

For detailed setup instructions on these anti-spam security measures, see Blocking Unwanted E-Mail.

Messages that are identified as spam by the Internet Agent are not accepted into your GroupWise system.