Filtering Virus Warning on Dragon.rutgers.edu Mail server
Copyrights © 2004 Hanz Makmur - Rutgers University
All mail delivered to username@cs.rutgers.edu is now checked for viruses. The system is using a signature based virus software called clamav fromclamav.sourceforge.net and an external filter program for CommuniGate Pro mailserver. The virus program checks every email for virus content. When a virus or worms or suspicious (unsafe) enclosure (see http://please.rutgers.edu/show/viruswarning/ for more details) is detected in email message to you, the antivirus program destroys the message and send you a notification with a subject: Warning: VIRUS in message to you containing details of who was sending you this messagewith headers to trace the authenticity of the source.
All mail sent via dragon.rutgers.edu mailserver is also checked for viruses. The mail server will notify you about your attempt to send someone an infected or suspicious file. (see http://please.rutgers.edu/show/viruswarning/ for more details). This mail warning will come with the following subject: Warning: VIRUS in your message.
During the a virus outbreak, there may be a lot of virus warning arrive in your mailbox. If you don’t want to see any of this warning messages in your Inbox, you can setup a filter that automatically delete or file the warning messages in a folder where you can check its content at a later time. The following steps below will show you how to setup such filter on dragon mail server. There are two options that you can choose:
A. Setup a filter to store warning email on a different mailbox. (recommended)
B. Setup a filter to delete warning email immediately.
No matter which option you choose, you need to login to the dragon mail server first. To login, you need to open your browser and connect to: http://dragon.rutgers.edu. Enter your username and password to login. You will be taken to the window shown in Picture 1.
Picture 1.
A. Setup a filter to store warnings email on a different mailbox. (recommended)
To setup a warning filter to store warning email, you need to:
1.Create a Mailbox and name it: Warnings.
To create a Mailbox, enter the name of the mailbox, in this example we call it Warnings. Click on the Create Mailbox button to create the mailbox.
Picture 2.
2. Add a Rule.
To add a rule, you will need to click on the Rules link along the top of the window. The window shown in Picture 2 will open. To add a rule, follow the following steps:
Step 1. Enter warning filter the name of the rule.
Step 2. Click on the Add Rule button. Once you click on the Add Rule button, the window shown in Picture 3 will show.
Picture 3
3. Edit a Rule
To create the rule, click on the Edit link shown in Picture3 and the window shown in Picture 4 will open.
Picture 4
4. Create the warning filter rule by selecting items from the menu. Follow Picture 4 above as your guide.
Step 1. Select: Subject from the popup menu in Data field.
Step 2. Enter exactly: Warning: VIRUS* in the Parameter field.
(notice a space before the word VIRUS and capitalization of the words)
Step 3. Select Stored in from the popup menu under Action header.
Step 4. Enter Warnings in the Parameters field.
Step 5. Click on the Update button to save your changes.
Picture 5.
As soon as the Update button is clicked, the window shown in Picture 5 will open. Continue your setup by following steps below:
Step 6. Select Discard from the popup menu under Action header
Step 7. Click on the Update button to save your changes
5. Logout by clicking on the Logout option and quit from your browser.
6. Refresh your Mailbox list.
In order for the Warnings mailbox to show up on your Mailbox list you will need to refresh your mailbox list.
Run your mail client. Depending on the mail client the steps to refresh the mailbox list is different.
For Outlook Express 5 on MS Windows,
-you will need to click using using your right mouse button on dragon.rutgers.edu mailbox
-Select Reset List from the popup Menu to reset the mailboxes.
For Netscape 4.x,
-Click on the File Menu and select Subscribe.
-A Window will open with a list of all your mailboxes. Click on the Refresh List button.
-A list of all your mailboxes will show up. Check on Warnings to subscribe the Warnings mailbox.
For Outlook Express on the Macintosh
- Go to the View menu and select Get Complete Folder List
For Entourage for the Macintosh,
-Click on the dragon.rutgers.edu mailbox. A list of your mailboxes will open on the right window pane.
-Click on the Update List button to update your mailboxes list.
-Click on Warnings in your mailbox list and click the Subscribe button.
If you are using other programs, please look at your online help or manual to find out how to reset the Mailbox list.
7. Testing your Warning filter
To test the filter above, simply send yourself an email with an autoexecutable enclosure. When the warning comes it will be stored into your Warnings folder.
B. Setup a filter to delete warning email immediately.
This option is not recommended. Support staff WILL NOT be able to recover email deleted by this filter. If you still prefer to delete all spam mail immediately, follow steps below:
1. Follow choice A step 1 to 3.
2. Make sure to change your warning filter rule as shown in Picture 6 below.
Picture 6.
3. Create the warning filter rule by selecting items from the menu. Follow Picture 4 above as your guide.
Step 1. Select: Header Field from the popup menu in Data field.
Step 2. Enter exactly: Warning: VIRUS* in the Parameter field.
(notice a space before the word YES and capitalization of the words)
Step 3. Select Discard from the popup menu under Action header
Step 4. Click on the Update button to save your changes
4. Logout by clicking on the Logout option.
5. Testing your warning filter
To test the filter above, simply send yourself an email with an autoexecutable enclosure. When the warning comes it will be stored into your Warnings folder.