Spam is that junk e-mail that so graciously offers you all kinds of things you don't need or want (in fact, you didn't really want to have to think about that in the first place!). If you have an e-mail account through the Region 15 Education Service Center, you have a "spam-blocker" on your e-mail account (wouldn't it be great if the USPS had that?). Postini not only filters out spam, it also catches viruses (or messages that it thinks may be a virus).
Here is an easy tutorial on checking your Postini account and setting your Spam/Virus levels.

•1. Go to Region XV’s web site at www.netxv.net and click on Email.

•2. Click on Login to Postini.

•3. Log in to your message center by typing your netxv email address and password (usually the one you use to log on to your computer every day) into the appropriate boxes. Then, click Log In.
If you cannot remember your Postini password, contact your network administrator.

•4. This is all the spam and virus infected emails Postini catches before it ever goes to your netxv email account inbox.

•5. You should look through this list to make sure there isn’t an email from a trusted source. If there is, click on Deliver. If not, click on Sender to select all the emails and then click on Remove.

•6. This removes the spam emails and puts them in the Removed section of your message center. You can leave them there and Postini will empty that center every so often. I like to empty it myself.

•7. So, click on Removed and then click on Empty Trash to delete all those spam emails from your message center.

•8. Postini will ask to verify that’s what you want to do. Click continue.

•9. And that’s it.

BUT WAIT….

•10. Now, let’s say you want to change your Junk Email Settings. Just below the words Message Center, click on Junk Email Settings.

•11. The default will either be Off or set for low leniency. However, set it to Aggressive across the board. Then, click on Save Changes.

•12. On that same page you can add Approved Senders and enter Blocked Senders. Just enter the email address and click on Save to List. Or, when you chose to deliver an email to your inbox, you can specify that sender be added to your Approved List.

•13. Now you want to change your virus settings. So, click on Virus Settings.

•14. Make sure your Virus Protection is set to ON and not OFF. If the ON button is green, you’re good to go; if not, change it by clicking on the ON button. Leave your notifications to the Organization default and click Save.

•15. If you need to change your Postini password, you can do that in "Account Settings".

•16. That’s it…you’re done!

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