User Manual

Chapter 23 McAfee Total Protection 121
1. On the SecurityCenter Home pane, click
E-mail & IM.
2. In the E-mail & IM information area, click
Configure.
3. On the E-mail & IM Configuration pane, under
Spam
protection is enabled, click Advanced.
2 On the Spam Protection pane, click
Filtering Options.
3 In the
Specify a spam filter level list, select the appropriate
level, and then click
OK.
Level Description
Low Most e-mail is accepted.
Medium-Low Only obvious spam messages are filtered.
Medium
(Recommended)
E-mail is filtered at the recommended
level.
Medium-High Any e-mail that resembles spam is
filtered.
High Only messages from senders in your
friends list are accepted.
Modify how spam is processed and marked
You can specify a folder in which to put spam and phishing
e-mail, change the [SPAM] or [PHISH] tag that appears in the
e-mail subject line, specify a maximum size to filter, and specify
how often to update your spam rules.
1 Open the Spam Protection pane.
How?
1. On the SecurityCenter Home pane, click
E-mail & IM.
2. In the E-mail & IM information area, click
Configure.
3. On the E-mail & IM Configuration pane, under
Spam
protection is enabled, click Advanced.
2 On the Spam Protection pane, click
Filtering Options.
3 Modify or select the appropriate options below, and then
click
OK.
To... Do this...
Specify the location
where to put spam
and phish e-mail
In the
Put spam email in this folder list,
select a folder. The default folder is McAfee
Anti-Spam.
Change the subject
line of the spam
e-mail
In
Mark the subject of the spam email
with, specify a tag to add to the subject line of
spam e-mail. The default tag is [SPAM].