AntiSpam Guide
Features And Benefits Of Anti-Spam Software
from: A Singh
Summary: Before you download and install anti-Spam software understand what it does and how you are going to benefit by installing one on your computer.
The best anti-spam software is the one that gives you your privacy. Ideally, an anti-spam device should be the one that delivers only the emails you want, and blocks 100 percent of the emails you do not want. This, though, is never going to be possible. Spammers are always one step ahead, and the manufacturers of anti-spam filter tries to catch up.
Most anti-spam solution can be customized to your needs, and only the approved emails come into your inbox. Such software always presumes that all the incoming emails are spam, and only allow those, from the people you know, to come in.
Benefits of Anti Spam Software
Let us look at some of the benefits and features of anti-spam software:
* Blocking Spam - Certain anti-spam solutions not only block specific email addresses, but also look for subject lines and text in the email messages. You can arrange to block incoming emails based on senders, and also if your email address is not in the recipient field.
* Automatic Filter Updates - Most software programs for filtering Spam come with hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of filters built in. In addition, companies offering these software release new anti-spam filters regularly. This ensures that your anti-spam software is always up-to-date.
* Creating Custom Filters - Some anti-spam programs allow you to create your own filters, depending on the spam you receive.
* Quarantining Spam - Anti-spam filters automatically quarantine the spam emails, ensuring your inbox is spam free. Such quarantined emails are held for a fixed number of days, say 30 days or so, and then dumped. The delay allows you to check and recover any legitimate email that may have been quarantined.
* Your Personal Whitelist - A feature in certain anti-spam software allows you to maintain a 'friendly' list of people whose emails you wish to accept. These emails are never mistaken for spam as against the blacklist of spammers. You can always update your 'whitelist,' as and when you wish to.
* Monitoring Multiple Accounts - Other than deleting spam from your email account, this feature allows you to monitor and filter your email from multiple accounts. It allows you to filter your home email from work, and vice versa.
* Reporting Spam - There is an option in certain anti-spam software to report back to the company supplying the program. This allows the companies to develop new filters based on the analysis of the reported spam.
Some anti-spam software allow you to block attachments. Certain executable attachments could damage your computer.
Emails have become a very popular way of advertising, and it is time that you start filtering your emails, to avoid spam. Most software available can be customized to suit your requirements, whether they are the home or the business versions. A variety of anti-spam software is available from a number of online sources.
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