This article provides a brief description of the Spam Thresholds.
Solution
In this article we shall explain how does the Spam Thresholds settings keep your Inbox folder clean.
First a short explanation:
When a message is received by the Axigen Mail Server, the message is filtered by the antispam application and receives a spam score. The spam score consists in a number. Based on the value the message is considered more or less a spam message.
The spam score is then computed by Axigen using a function which will return a value between 0 and 10. This is the value of the "X-AxigenSpam-Level" header. A message with a value of the "X-AxigenSpam-Level" header, greater then the value of another message's same header is considered "more spam".
Note: If the Spam Threshold is set to 10 it means that the rule will be ignored.
Example:
Suppose that we have set the following:
Move the message to SPAM folder (if the threshold below is exceeded) = X. (If X = 10 this rule will be ignored.)
and
Delete the message (if the threshold below is exceeded) = Y. (If Y = 10 this rule will be ignored.)
where:
0 <= X <= Y <= 10
and we shall use Z = value of the "X-AxigenSpam-Level" header.
Case 1: 0 < Z <= X <= Y < 10
The message will be delivered to Inbox folder.
Case 2: 0 < X < Z <= Y < 10
The message will be delivered to Spam folder.
Case 3: 0 < X <= Y < Z < 10
The message will be delivered to Trash folder.
Note: You should adjust these thresholds until the perfect combination is found for your specific kind of email traffic.
First a short explanation:
When a message is received by the Axigen Mail Server, the message is filtered by the antispam application and receives a spam score. The spam score consists in a number. Based on the value the message is considered more or less a spam message.
The spam score is then computed by Axigen using a function which will return a value between 0 and 10. This is the value of the "X-AxigenSpam-Level" header. A message with a value of the "X-AxigenSpam-Level" header, greater then the value of another message's same header is considered "more spam".
Note: If the Spam Threshold is set to 10 it means that the rule will be ignored.
Example:
Suppose that we have set the following:
Move the message to SPAM folder (if the threshold below is exceeded) = X. (If X = 10 this rule will be ignored.)
and
Delete the message (if the threshold below is exceeded) = Y. (If Y = 10 this rule will be ignored.)
where:
0 <= X <= Y <= 10
and we shall use Z = value of the "X-AxigenSpam-Level" header.
Case 1: 0 < Z <= X <= Y < 10
The message will be delivered to Inbox folder.
Case 2: 0 < X < Z <= Y < 10
The message will be delivered to Spam folder.
Case 3: 0 < X <= Y < Z < 10
The message will be delivered to Trash folder.
Note: You should adjust these thresholds until the perfect combination is found for your specific kind of email traffic.