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What is a Proofpoint Digest and why do they get e-mailed to me?
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Communication & Collaboration, Frequently Asked Questions, Service Catalog on February 12, 2012
If you are receiving an e-mail daily from ” proofpoint-digest@tufts.edu “, this is because you have opted in to the University provided spam blocking service (Proofpoint). Each day you will receive a digest listing all the mail that has been blocked and within the e-mail you have the option to “view” the mail, “release” the [...]
I get too much spam. What can I do about this?
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Communication & Collaboration, Frequently Asked Questions, Service Catalog, Spam Filtering on May 2, 2011
Tufts University has a few methods for fighting spam. Before mail gets to your mailbox it passes through a spam filter (Proofpoint). As part of this service, you will receive Proofpoint digests daily which show you all of the mail that has been marked as spam. You may click on links within the digests to [...]
How do I release an e-mail from the Proofpoint Spam filter?
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Communication & Collaboration, Frequently Asked Questions, Service Catalog on April 29, 2011
Please see the Proofpoint tip sheet from UIT Training. http://training.uit.tufts.edu/pdftips/pptips.pdf
Spam Filter
Posted by Kevin Murphy in Communication & Collaboration, Security, Service Catalog on April 7, 2011
Proofpoint Inc. is an anti-spam product that acts as a gatekeeper for UIT’s Trumpeter and Exchange email servers. The product inspects more than 200,000 message attributes and has a high degree of success at detecting spam. Once examined, legitimate messages are routed to the recipient’s mailbox while suspected spam is quarantined by Proofpoint. Proofpoint is automatically enabled [...]