By: Julia Aidan
Submitted: 2010-07-15 02:20:06 | Word Count: 560
SPAM is just the e-mail messages that are directed to a mass of email addresses for commercial goal. These emails are the unwanted ones which come into our Inbox and make it difficult for us to sort out our useful mails. A SPAM may possibly contain malware, bugs or any such application program that can easily prove dangerous to our Personal computers - Operating System along with other applications/programs.
To prevent our mailbox from such unwanted emails there are certain anti-spam software developed which are available for free on Internet. Quite commonly used Anti-SPAM Softwares are - e-Trust Anti-Spam (mostly used for MS Outlook plus Outlook Express to reduce SPAM from coming in to our Inbox plus getting mixed with our useful emails), Spam shield (handles 99% of our junk mails plus is simple to fit), Choice Mail One (integrates with our MSN, Yahoo, AOL or Hotmail account plus helps us to import our contact list for approval), Spam Bully (it uses the mechanism of Allow and Block List to differentiate between our useful plus unnecessary emails plus has a different feature of auto-delete to delete the spam automatically instead of sending it to some other folder), Spam Eater (checks our mailbox after every single ten minutes plus has no installing process and thus making it simple to install).
The anti-spam software detects the SPAM and filters the useful and unsolicited mails from our mailbox. An Anti-SPAM Software ought to be installed in our PC to shield it from trojan, bugs, etc. If it is installed directly into the mail server we will never get to see the unwanted mails in our Inbox. Many Internet Service Providers have maintained a blacklist of certain spam senders known as the spammers to ensure that the blacklisted spam senders may be easily traced plus not allowed into your inbox.
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An anti-spam software should include features like it should be able to block the emails, that means, it should check the email addresses, the subject line and also read the messages in the email, moreover, it should also update the filters automatically, remove the spam from our inbox thereby putting only secured emails into our inbox by checking several email accounts.
Anti-Spam software ought to be the one that gives us privacy. Here are several benefits of installing anti-spam software: -
o It prevents the useless emails by reading the subject lines, text in the email messages plus the senders email addresses.
o The anti-spam software is upgraded from time to time by the anti-spam software company due to its built-in filtering feature.
o It helps us to create our personal customized filters.
o It quarantines the unwanted emails for about 30 days and then dumps them.
o It allows us to keep a friendly list of certain people whose mails do not fall in to the spam list and therefore are prevented from being treated as a spam.
o It helps us to monitor and delete the unwanted emails as well as filter our emails from multiple accounts by filtering our personal and official mails separately.
o It has an aspect that helps us to report the spam to ensure that the anti spam software making company makes latest filters by analyzing the reported spam.
There are many anti spam softwares available like Windows Registry Cleaner, Anti Spyware and Anti Adware, etc...
