1. Setting Up a PMX Filter with Bates Webmail Makes E-mail Easier to Read!!! Information & Library Services

2. Creating and Managing PMX Message Filter in Webmail Open Bates Webmail: https://webmail.bates.edu Login with username and password Click on Filters Note that Webmail has default filters listed Click on the word PureMessage

3. PMX Filter Settings: Click on dot match all of following: Choose Subject [default] Choose Contains [default] [PMX:### - 3 is the default number of # listed, you can change this to between 1-5 #, 5 being the worst SPAM

4. Rules for Setting up Filter: Place a check in case sensitive Choose the action: under Do this: Default is to deliver to folder: use pulldown to place in a folder (Junk or Trash by default), or Do this: another choice is to delete the message completely

5. Settings continued: Click Save Click Return to Filters List Click the red to enable PureMessage filter changing it to Remember to empty Trash or Junk folders regularly if PMX messages are sent there

6. Tips: Webmail filters PMX messages from the server before it is received by Thunderbird, without setting any additional filters It will work from the time enabled, not for what is currently in the Inbox The least number of # the filter is set to delete or move, captures the most messages

7. Helpful Webpages: Creating folders: http://www.bates.edu/ils/helpsheets/createfolders.html E-mail filters: http://www.bates.edu/ils/helpsheets/webmailfilters.html Managing Trash and/or Junk folders: http://www.bates.edu/ils/helpsheets/deletions.html PureMessage definition: http://www.bates.edu/ils/notices/spam/index.html