Anti-Spam

The GCRC has purchased an anti-spam package called PMAS that is tailored to operate with our e-mail server software.

As a result of the operation of this software, e-mail messages with content that matches a set of complex rules (that will get continually refined) will be scored for "spamminess" and either quarantined or tagged as [SPAM].

You will get e-mail messages twice a day from "PreciseMail" that will list the messages addressed to you that have been placed in quarantine. These messages describe how to retrieve mail that was inappropriately diverted: you should lose no mail as a result of this software. Quarantined mail you do not retrieve will be deleted in 14 days.

Note that you can configure PMAS to meet your needs through a web-based tool. Follow the link "https://gcrc.med.nyu.edu/pmas/" to make changes to the way your mail is processed.

In testing this product has worked very well, reducing spam by >90% with almost no false positives.

It is important that you e-mail Ross Smith examples of e-mail that has been processed inappropriately so that the developers can be informed and problems fixed.