Submitting Spam to Postini using MS Outlook
How to use MS Outlook client to submit spam messages which get through Postini's filtering services so that Postini development staff can use it.
Resolution:
Send spam messages as attachments to an e-mail message:
- Open a new email message in Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express.
- Drag the sample spam emails from the list view into the new email message.
- Send the message to spam@postini.com.
Additional Information:
Messages sent to spam@postini.com are collected for evaluation. Postini collects them to get a large representative sample of the spam that is out there. Postini development staff evaluates them and uses them to make adjustments to the filtering engine. Do not expect feedback from Postini regarding the spam submission.
If the spam messages are not sent as attachments, they will be discarded since they will not contain all necessary information, such as internet mail header information.
Mailing spam@postini.com will auto-generate a reply to the sender if submissions from that sender's email address have not been received recently. The system remembers the last 10,000 addresses from which it has received submissions; this may translate to a few hours or a few days depending on the volume of submissions.
As with virus scanning, Postini can only react to new spam techniques as they are developed. Postini engineers always work as quickly as possible to update filter heuristics to adjust to different spam patterns. Postini appreciates the patience, time, and effort it takes to submit new messages to spam@postini.com.
