Barracuda Spam Firewall

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The following instructions will allow you to setup a rule in your Outlook client to filter mail that has been tagged as spam from the UMIACS Barracudas. The rule acts on “X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: Yes” within the message header.

1. Start by Clicking on “Rules and Alerts…” under the “Tools” menu option

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2. Click on the “New Rule…” button

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3. Select the “Check messages when they arrive” option under "Start from blank rule" section then click next

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4. Select the check box for “with specific words in message header” then click on the on the blue underlined text labeled “specific words” in the box labeled “Step 2: Edit…”

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5. Type in “X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: Yes” and click add

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Next click the OK button once the “X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: Yes” phrase is added to the search list.

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6. Now click next so that you can specify where you would like the junk mail to go. Select the check box “move it to the specified folder.” You can click on the underlined blue text in the “Step 2” box which is labeled “specified”

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7. Select the “Junk E-mail” folder then click Ok

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8. Once you have finished the last step you can check it against the screenshot below to make sure you followed the steps correctly, if so click the Finish button.

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9. Make sure that the “Turn on this rule” is checked and click finish to activate the rule.

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10. Click OK to exit out of "Rules and Alerts".

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