How does Cornell protect my email account from spam or junk email?
A tool called PureMessage helps keep unwanted messages out of your email account. PureMessage scans all messages sent to addresses that end in @cornell.edu. PureMessage automatically deletes virus-infected messages, and messages that have a greater than 80% probability of being spam, based on the messages’ spam-like characteristics. Read more about Cornell’s spam and virus filtering. In addition, Outlook and Entourage offer junk-mail filters that can help you weed out anything that makes it past those initial defenses.
