A spam filter is a program that automatically processes incoming messages to sift out spam and potentially dangerous computer viruses. There are many types of spam filters, thanks to the ever growing ...

If your emails are landing in spam, it’s rarely due to a single mistake. Spam placement is usually the result of small technical gaps adding up, misaligned authentication, weak sending discipline, or ...

A software routine that deletes incoming spam or diverts it to a "junk" mailbox (see spam folder). Also called "spam blockers," spam filters are built into a user's email program. They are also built ...

Microsoft Exchange 2000 and 2003 email servers allow the administrator to create and edit junk mail filters. Exchange 2003 utilizes the Intelligent Message Filter to provide the administrator with the ...

There's been a recent surge in a method to evade spam filters: disguising text by using the venerable ASCII art method. But so far, spammers are bungling the attempt. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

A group of e-mail marketers on Tuesday set up an Internet forum for people to air grievances about spam filters--which can swallow legitimate messages along with the targeted commercial come-ons. The ...

We continue to investigate an issue where Mail.app seemingly suddenly stops filtering junk mail, and subsequently crashes when attempting to flag messages as junk. The problem appears to manifest when ...

Conservatives are split over whether Google email filters are flagging Republican lawmakers’ emails as spam and thereby unfairly censoring them. A recent study found that Google has disproportionately ...

Networking Services and Information Technologies (NSIT) rolled out a new $170,000 junk e-mail manager in mid-December with hopes of better protection of cMail inboxes from bulk and spam e-mail. “[It] ...

This week in Security Levity, I’m digging further into the topic of spam filtering technology. Today, I want to talk about why spam filtering seems to be such a continual challenge for filter vendors.

A new spam filter for Microsoft's Hotmail service is not only bouncing US$198 Florida land deals and instant diplomas from in-boxes, it's also thwarting email sent from subscribers to themselves. One ...