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Using Google technology to spam-filter your Open Door account

Open Door Networks has investigated a number of technologies for providing our customers with additional anti-spam services. We have established a way to utilize Google Gmail's industry-leading spam filters to block spam before it ever reaches your computer. The system can be set up with very few changes to your existing Open Door account, and is ideal for mobile devices such as the iPhone. A detailed procedure, along with additional options and features, is provided below. Alternately, you can work with our technical support to have us set things up for you.

Note: any anti-spam filtering technique that works before your machine has had a chance to retrieve your email could result in the loss of what you consider legitimate email. To minimize this, please read our tutorials on how to fine-tune the filter and how to how to create whitelists.

1. Sign up for a gmail account by going to www.gmail.com and clicking the "Sign up for Gmail" link (in some cases, it might say "Pick a name" instead). This account will be used to pre-filter your mail before it reaches your Open Door mailbox. Next, fill in the required information fields. Your desired login name can be anything you like, although we suggest that it be "yourid.opendoor@gmail.com" For instance, if your email address is "stevejobs@opendoor.com" your Gmail login name could be "stevejobs.opendoor@gmail.com". Your password can also be anything you desire, but for simplicity's sake, we suggest that it be the same as your Open Door mail account.
   


2. Log in and go to "Settings" in the top right corner. Under the "Forwarding and POP/IMAP" tab, select the following:
• "Enable POP for all mail"
• Archive Gmail's copy.




• Contact Open Door and have them forward your mail to the address you just created. Open Door Networks will coordinate this step with you, to avoid losing any messages in the switch.


• Set up your mail reader to get mail from your Gmail account.