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Marvin is very flexible in how much spam you can reduce by allowing you full control of all the processes of Marvin. Marvin also can be configured to scan your e-mail for viruses. We encourage you to use all of the features of Marvin and adjust them to maximize the elimination of spam, but if you just want to reduce the bulk of the spam arriving in your mailbox, follow this Quick Start guide.

A. Login

Click on First Time User and enter in your e-mail address. You will then receive an e-mail with your password.

Sign in with the temporary password and go to the Change Password option and enter in a password of your choice.

B. Automatic Recommended System Settings

C. Whitelist - Specify information about incoming messages that will allow them to be delivered immediately. Messages that pass the Whitelist do not go onto any other Marvin process. You can add any e-mail address you want to the whitelist, but you do not HAVE to. E-mail that is legitimate will get to you. If people are sending e-mail through a known spam server, then it may not reach your mailbox.

Click the link that says Whitelist and read the introduction and enter in any e-mail addresses into the From field and hit Add Rule after each one. We might also suggest that you add your work domain into the domain field and hit the Add Rule Button.

To guarantee that you receive the Marvin Report, follow these instructions:

That is all it takes to reduce spam! To learn about the other processes and how to use them, go to each process and read about them and play with the settings to see what happens. When you receive your spam report, look through it and make sure nothing is listed that should have been delivered to you. If you find a message in there that you want, go to the retrieve section and have that message sent to you (See Retrieve Help guide).

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