Answered By: Laura Horgan
Last Updated: Apr 23, 2024     Views: 67

Starting Point: You are viewing an email in your email account that has the Subject Line: User Quarantine Account Information. The email contains a username/password and a link to the Quarantine account.
1. Click the link in the email.
The Barracuda Spam Firewall: Welcome window displays with a Login box in the center.
2. Enter the username/password provided in the email and click Login.
The Quarantine Inbox window displays.
If you have forgotten your password, Barracuda can generate a new one for you.
2. Enter your full email address: username@middlesex.edu as the username.
3. Leave the password blank.
4. Click Create New Password button at the bottom of the window.
Barracuda generates your new password and will send it to you in an email. The MCC Help Desk can not reset these passwords, only Barracuda can do this.
 
Information listed about each email includes the Date, From person Subject header and possible Actions. Click on the Date, From, or Subject portion of the line to read the email.
Click one of the three possible actions listed to the right of the Subject line for the email to dispense of the email.
Deliver
Delivers the email to your email account.
Whitelist
Delivers the email to your account and puts the sender on your whitelist of always acceptable addresses.
Delete
Deletes the email.
Place a checkmark in the checkbox to the left of each email you know you are going to dispense of in the same manner. Click one of the action buttons for dispensing email (Deliver, Whitelist, or Delete) above the Date and From headings. All the emails with a checkmark are acted upon according to the button selected.
Click the Refresh button to refresh the window with any new emails that may have been received and quarantined since the last time the window was displayed.
Highlight one email or place a checkmark in the checkbox next to multiple emails and click the Classify as Not Spam Button. Barracuda updates your preferences for classifying email as not spam based on the features in the email(s).
Highlight one email or place a checkmark in the checkbox next to multiple emails and click the Classify as Spam Button. Barracuda updates your preferences for classifying email as spam based on the features in the email(s).
The filter is only applied to emails in the Quarantine Inbox. Select a filter to apply, so only a subset of those the emails in Quarantine will display. Click the down arrow next to Filter to select the type of filter:
§ contents of the From location
§ contents of the Subject line
§ contents of the message
 
Enter the text that you want the selected Filter to look for and match. Messages that match the text will be excluded from displaying in the Quarantine Inbox, when the filter is applied.
Refreshes the display of email messages after applying the filter and pattern text selected. The refreshed display excludes quarantined email messages that matched the criteria of the filter and pattern.
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Use the arrow keys on either side of page number to see additional pages of quarantined email messages.
Click Log Off to exit from the Barracuda account for quarantined email.
Select from the following user functions on the task bar:
Immediately change your password to the Quarantine Inbox by using this function.
 
Choose how often you wish to receive a status by email of the number of emails in the Quarantine Inbox. Select from:
§ Daily
§ Weekly
§ Never
Make sure to click the Save Changes button afterwards to have your changes take effect.
 
Turn Quarantining of email messages on or off.
YES
Any incoming email messages to your account that are categorized as Quarantine are redirected to the Quarantine Inbox.
NO
Any incoming email messages categorized as Quarantine are allowed to proceed directly to your email account however, the subject line of these messages will have “[QUAR]” added to them.
Make sure to click the Save Changes button afterwards to have your changes take effect.
Turn all scanning of your emails for Spam on or off. It is recommended that you keep this option set to YES.
YES
Barracuda software scans and categorizes all your incoming emails as acceptable, quarantine, or block and directs or deletes them accordingly.
NO
Barracuda software is turned off and all messages are passed through to your email account without being scanned.
Make sure to click the Save Changes button afterwards to have your changes take effect.
 
Addresses always seen as senders of Spam and addresses that are always trusted can be assigned to the appropriate list so all emails from the address can be accepted or blocked accordingly.
In either case, after typing the address make sure you click the Add button to actually add the address to the list. To delete an address, click the trash can icon to the right of the address.
Whitelist
Ensures email from the address is always classified as acceptable and passed through to your email account. The email is never blocked or quarantined.
Blacklist
Ensures email from that address is always blocked and is never enters your email account.
 
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