Testing with a Sub-Group of Users
This scenario describes enlisting a small group of users to test PureMessage with live traffic. The default PureMessage policy does not prevent any messages from being
delivered. Therefore, this stage of testing does not disrupt the mail flow.
- Server Setup: Create a test domain to run a live test. Route a select group of real
user mailboxes to the test server.
- Message Handling: By default, the PureMessage policy adds a custom message header to all messages with a spam probability. This message
header also records the anti-spam rules that were triggered by the message. Messages with a
probability greater than 50% are copied to the quarantine, in addition to being delivered to
the original recipient. See "Message Handling Options" in the Quick Reference Guide for
more information.
- User Feedback: Create mailboxes for collecting mis-classified messages. Analyze the
messages submitted to these mailboxes. See "Gathering User Feedback" for more
information.
- Tuning: Analyze messages forwarded to the mailboxes, tune PureMessage by using whitelists and blacklists to exempt
messages from tests.