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Anti-Spam Software
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ALSO CALLED: Spam Filters, e-Mail Spam Software, e-Mail Spam Filtering, Email Spam Filtering, Spam Prevention Software, Spam Blocking Software, Antispam, Spam Filter Software, Anti-Spam Filters, Spam Filtering Software, Spam Blockers, Email Spam Software, Bayesian Filters, and Anti-Spam
DEFINITION: A spam filter is a program that is used to detect unsolicited and unwanted email and prevent those messages from getting to a user's inbox. Like other types of filtering programs, a spam filter looks for certain criteria on which it bases judgments. For example, the simplest and earliest
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The Case for Server-Based Messaging Security Solutions- Podcast
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PODCAST:
What are some of the latest, messaging-based security threats and risks to your organization? How is a server-based, security solution able to address those risks, in many cases better than a hosted or appliance-based solution?
Posted: 08 Aug 2008 | Premiered: 08 Aug 2008
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Virtual Seminar: Secure Messaging: Securing Exchange 07, Email and the Mobile Workforce
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VIRTUAL TRADESHOW:
Sophisticated threats to messaging platforms have expanded in size and increased in intensity. While viruses, spam and phishing continue to undermine email security, new messaging threats via IM, VoIP and mobile devices are emerging.
Posted: 22 May 2008 | Premiered: 17 Jun 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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ANTI-SPAM SOFTWARE DEFINITION (continued):
versions (such as the one available with Microsoft's Hotmail) can be set to watch for particular words in the subject line of messages and to exclude these from the user's inbox. This method is not especially effective, too often omitting perfectly legitimate messages (these are called false positives) and letting actual spam through. More sophisticated programs, such as Bayesian filters or other heuristic filters, attempt to identify spam through suspicious word
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