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13. Antispam
Spam is a term used to describe unsolicited e-mail. Spam is a growing problem,
both for individuals and for organizations. It's not pretty, you wouldn't want your
kids to see it, it can get you fired (for wasting too much time or from receiving porn
in your office mail) and you can't stop people from sending it. The next best thing
to that is, obviously, to stop receiving it. Unfortunately, Spam comes in a wide range
of shapes and sizes, and there's a lot of it.
Acronis Internet Security Antispam employs remarkable technological innovations
and industry standard antispam filters to weed out spam before it reaches the user's
Inbox. For more information, please refer to Antispam Insights (p. 64).
The Acronis Internet Security Antispam protection is available only for e-mail clients
configured to receive e-mail messages via the POP3 protocol. POP3 is one of the
most widely used protocols for downloading e-mail messages from a mail server.
Note
Acronis Internet Security does not provide antispam protection for e-mail accounts
that you access through a web-based e-mail service.
The spam messages detected by Acronis Internet Security are marked with the
[spam] prefix in the subject line. Acronis Internet Security automatically moves
spam messages to a specific folder, as follows:
In Microsoft Outlook, spam messages are moved to a Spam folder, located in the
Deleted Items folder. The Spam folder is created during the installation of
Acronis Internet Security.
In Outlook Express and Windows Mail, spam messages are moved directly to
Deleted Items.
In Mozilla Thunderbird, spam messages are moved to a Spam folder, located in
the Trash folder. The Spam folder is created during the installation of Acronis
Internet Security.
If you use other mail clients, you must create a rule to move the e-mail messages
marked as [spam] by Acronis Internet Security to a custom quarantine folder.
13.1. Antispam Insights
13.1.1. Antispam Filters
The Acronis Internet Security Antispam Engine incorporates several different filters
that ensure your Inbox to be SPAM-free: Friends list, Spammers list, Charset filter,
Image filter, URL filter, NeuNet (Heuristic) filter and Bayesian filter.
Antispam
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