At present, forwarded email is filtered using SpamAssassin, and those with a failing score are flagged as spam. Unfortunately they are still delivered, which means that recipients still have to filter or delete them locally. Staff are looking into ways to improve on this.
It has been proposed that the Society should build our own email server, rather than relying solely upon a forwarder with a spam filter attached. This is the primary technical question for the Postmaster unknow at this time. Once a decision is reached, it how spam filtering will be up to the Postmaster to implement such a system, or to hire it done, as authorized by the Budgethandled under G Suites.
==Reporting==
Reporting to the Webmaster is expected to be fairly rare. No reports need be made of statistics, new spam sources, or other problems that can be handled without Webmaster involvement. They should be made when the Webmaster has questions, proposals for significant change, or challenges he cannot surmount in a reasonable time. This particularly includes a shortage of drive space or other capacity problems.
Submitting an [[Annual Report]] to the Board each July may be pro-forma, unless major change is proposed, such as installing an Email Serverchanging the email forwarding system, which news need not wait for the annual cycle. The [[Webmaster]] may call for your Annual Report in June to permit him to consolidate them for his July report.