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ANTI-SPAM
This section contains information about the Anti-Spam component as well as the description of how to compile the Black
and White Lists, configure Anti-Spam modes and other Anti-Spam settings.
IN THIS SECTION
About Anti-Spam ............................................................................................................................................................. 36
Anti-Spam modes ............................................................................................................................................................ 36
Creating a Black List........................................................................................................................................................ 37
Creating a White List ....................................................................................................................................................... 41
Response to messages and calls from the phonebook contacts ..................................................................................... 45
Response to messages from non-numeric numbers ....................................................................................................... 45
Selecting an action to be performed with incoming messages ........................................................................................ 47
Selecting an action to be performed with incoming calls ................................................................................................. 48
ABOUT ANTI-SPAM
Anti-Spam component allows to protect device against receiving unwanted messages and calls. Such protection is based
on filtering incoming SMS messages and calls using the Black and the White Lists. These lists contain phone and/or
sample phrases characteristic of spam or non-spam SMS messages.
If at least one match of a phone number or a phrase from the White List is detected, no further check will be performed
and the call or the message will be received by the device. An SMS message or a call from a phone number found in the
Black List or an SMS message containing a text found in the Black List will be blocked.
Information about blocked SMS messages and calls is registered in the Log (see section “Program logs” on page 77).
ANTI-SPAM MODES
An Anti-Spam mode is a set of parameters on which protection of your device against spam messages and unwanted
calls is based.
The following Anti-Spam modes are provided:
Both lists - filtering of incoming SMS messages and calls using the Black and the White Lists. Once an SMS
message or a call is received from a phone number not found in either of the lists, Anti-Spam will notify you and
will suggest to block or allow receipt of such SMS message or a call and to add this phone number to the White
or the Black List. This level is set by default.
Black List – blocking of SMS messages and calls matching entries in the Black List. All other SMS messages
and calls will be passed through.
White List – passing through SMS messages and calls matching entries in the White List. All other SMS
messages and calls will be blocked.
Disable – no filtering of SMS messages and calls will be performed.