Forwarding rules and spam filter

rusl · 26 Aug 2016, 10:24 AM

I have a forwarding rule set up so that a copy of every inbound email is also sent to another email address (so I have a non-Fastmail copy of all email as a backup). But Fastmail now requires me to enable spam filtering. I recieve less than one actual spam message per month, but I have false positives go to my spam folder at a rate of one or two per month. I don't want spam filtering and I find it annoying having to remember to check "two inboxes" from time to time to make sure I don't miss my important bills!

Yes I know I can teach the spam learning robot / manually whitelist stuff / etcetera, but this is a mental overhead I don't want and I'll probably still have things go to spam from time to time so it doesn't fix the problem.

Is there any way for me to have a forwarding rule set up, and also have essentially no spam filtering (the basic xbl filtering is fine). Or can I set up a rule so that everything it thinks is spam get forwarded to regular inbox?

Thankfully Fastmail still forwards the suspected spam to my backup account

gardenweed · 27 Aug 2016, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rusl

... Or can I set up a rule so that everything it thinks is spam get forwarded to regular inbox?

Have you tried adjusting the protection level settings under:
Settings -> Spam protection -> Protection Level: 'custom'?

You can adjust the spam score on which the email is moved and the folder into which it is moved.

Grhm · 29 Aug 2016, 08:01 AM

Just to endorse what gardenweed said.
Like rusl, I don't suffer from spam, but I have suffered from unruly spam filters.
I came to this forum with a very similar question a while back and was advised that if I activated the custom spam filter and set its 'filing threshold' to 50.0 or higher, then no mail would ever be caught by it.
I was initially sceptical, but that solution has proved to be entirely satisfactory.

Grhm · 29 Aug 2016, 08:28 AM

Bill's detailed instructions:

Quote:

Originally Posted by n5bb

You can set the spam filter to a high threshold (such as 50.0) and it will not have any actual effect on your messages. To do this, follow these instructions:

Go to Settings>Spam Protection
Change the Protection level to Custom
Check Move and enter a score of 50.0
Uncheck Discard
Uncheck Add score

Bill

rusl · 30 Aug 2016, 10:16 PM

Great, thanks Grhm and gardenweed.

[edit] I configured a Custom spam configuration as below and my forwarding rules all still work. Thanks again.

(check) Always block messages from known insecure email hosts/relays
(uncheck) Move message to [folder] when...
(uncheck) Discard message when...
(check) Add score to subject when spam score > 5.0
(uncheck) Mark as read

26 Aug 2016, 10:24 AM	#1
rusl Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 78	Forwarding rules and spam filter I have a forwarding rule set up so that a copy of every inbound email is also sent to another email address (so I have a non-Fastmail copy of all email as a backup). But Fastmail now requires me to enable spam filtering. I recieve less than one actual spam message per month, but I have false positives go to my spam folder at a rate of one or two per month. I don't want spam filtering and I find it annoying having to remember to check "two inboxes" from time to time to make sure I don't miss my important bills! Yes I know I can teach the spam learning robot / manually whitelist stuff / etcetera, but this is a mental overhead I don't want and I'll probably still have things go to spam from time to time so it doesn't fix the problem. Is there any way for me to have a forwarding rule set up, and also have essentially no spam filtering (the basic xbl filtering is fine). Or can I set up a rule so that everything it thinks is spam get forwarded to regular inbox? Thankfully Fastmail still forwards the suspected spam to my backup account

30 Aug 2016, 10:16 PM	#5
rusl Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 78	Great, thanks Grhm and gardenweed. [edit] I configured a Custom spam configuration as below and my forwarding rules all still work. Thanks again. (check) Always block messages from known insecure email hosts/relays (uncheck) Move message to [folder] when... (uncheck) Discard message when... (check) Add score to subject when spam score > 5.0 (uncheck) Mark as read Last edited by rusl : 31 Aug 2016 at 09:31 AM.

29 Aug 2016, 08:01 AM	#3
Grhm Essential Contributor Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 270	Just to endorse what gardenweed said. Like rusl, I don't suffer from spam, but I have suffered from unruly spam filters. I came to this forum with a very similar question a while back and was advised that if I activated the custom spam filter and set its 'filing threshold' to 50.0 or higher, then no mail would ever be caught by it. I was initially sceptical, but that solution has proved to be entirely satisfactory.