Routing SPAM to Public Folders
Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2007 4:52 pm
Hi all,
I have just installed Scalix for the first time (ver 11.0.3.31) and have it working pretty well for 25 or so users. Each 'Enterprise' user connects via Outlook using the Scalix plug-in or through Web Mail.
The company where Scalix is installed gets a really high volume of SPAM for their size - 1 week 27,566 SPAM messages. We are using A.S.S.P. as an open source SPAM filter (It works just great for us in other high volume SPAMMED clients).
All SPAM is redirected to a single Scalix account like spam@domain.com.
Because of the volume of SPAM it is not practicle for one user to review all of the SPAM therefore the company wanted each employee to be responsible to check their SPAM for false positives.
In Exchange systems that I have worked on we set this functionality so that Public folders are created with the name of each employee. These Public Folders are mail enabled. We sent server-side rultes to move messages from one central inbox (spam@domain.com) to employee_x, employee_y, and employee_z...
I have tried a similar approach with Scalix but I have yet to find a solution.
I have created Public Folders:
SPAM
-------->employee_x
-------->employee_y
-------->employee_z
Each of the employee_? folders have been mail enabled and I have tested that I can send mails and have them delivered to these folders.
logged into Scalix Web mail, using the spam@domain.com account and attempted to set tules:
- Redirect messages sent to employee_x@domain.com to the Public Folder's email
- Forward messages sent to employee_x@domain.com to the Public Folder's email
- Copy messages sent to employee_x@domain.com to the Public Folder's email
- Move messages sent to employee_x@domain.com to the Public Folder's email
None of these worked. It seems that I could move messages in the spam@domain.com to a sub-folder withing spam@domain.com's account; however move did not work to a Public Folder.
Because none of the other methods work, I was thinking that maybe the rules only work for messages sent to the recipient in this case spam@domain.com and not the employee_x@domain.com accounts that arrive in it.
I turned my attention to Message Deliver Rules and the Service Router, but neither seemed to have this capability.
Have any of you tried something similar and have found a solution? Is there a better way knowing that A.S.S.P. forwards spam to a singular account?
Your recommendations are appreciated!
Steve
I have just installed Scalix for the first time (ver 11.0.3.31) and have it working pretty well for 25 or so users. Each 'Enterprise' user connects via Outlook using the Scalix plug-in or through Web Mail.
The company where Scalix is installed gets a really high volume of SPAM for their size - 1 week 27,566 SPAM messages. We are using A.S.S.P. as an open source SPAM filter (It works just great for us in other high volume SPAMMED clients).
All SPAM is redirected to a single Scalix account like spam@domain.com.
Because of the volume of SPAM it is not practicle for one user to review all of the SPAM therefore the company wanted each employee to be responsible to check their SPAM for false positives.
In Exchange systems that I have worked on we set this functionality so that Public folders are created with the name of each employee. These Public Folders are mail enabled. We sent server-side rultes to move messages from one central inbox (spam@domain.com) to employee_x, employee_y, and employee_z...
I have tried a similar approach with Scalix but I have yet to find a solution.
I have created Public Folders:
SPAM
-------->employee_x
-------->employee_y
-------->employee_z
Each of the employee_? folders have been mail enabled and I have tested that I can send mails and have them delivered to these folders.
logged into Scalix Web mail, using the spam@domain.com account and attempted to set tules:
- Redirect messages sent to employee_x@domain.com to the Public Folder's email
- Forward messages sent to employee_x@domain.com to the Public Folder's email
- Copy messages sent to employee_x@domain.com to the Public Folder's email
- Move messages sent to employee_x@domain.com to the Public Folder's email
None of these worked. It seems that I could move messages in the spam@domain.com to a sub-folder withing spam@domain.com's account; however move did not work to a Public Folder.
Because none of the other methods work, I was thinking that maybe the rules only work for messages sent to the recipient in this case spam@domain.com and not the employee_x@domain.com accounts that arrive in it.
I turned my attention to Message Deliver Rules and the Service Router, but neither seemed to have this capability.
Have any of you tried something similar and have found a solution? Is there a better way knowing that A.S.S.P. forwards spam to a singular account?
Your recommendations are appreciated!
Steve