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ANTI-SPYWARE SOFTWARE DEFINITION (continued): cocktail puts each e-mail message through a series of tests that provides a numeric score showing how likely the message is to be spam. Scores are computed and the message is assigned a probability rating. For example, it may be determined that a message has 85% probability that it is spam. E-mail administrators can create rules that govern how the messages are handled based on their scores; the highest scores may be deleted, medium scores may quarantined, and lower scores may be delivered but marked Anti-Spyware Software definition sponsored by SearchSecurity.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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