BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Spam Filter
- software available from an Internet service provider which blocks e-mails that contain certain terms or other attributes that identify the message as potential spam
Additional Resources
- IIJ Adds Spam Filter to IIJ4U Service for Consumer Customers
- TOKYO -- Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ, NASDAQ: IIJI), one of Japan's leading Internet access and comprehensive network solutions providers, today announced it will add a spam filter feature to its Internet service for consumer customers, IIJ4U, starting December 16, 2004. The amount of spam, unsolicited E-mail sent to...
- Research articles 2004-12-15
- 3Com Selects Commtouch GlobalView Mail Reputation Service as Anti-Spam Filter Service of its X-Family Unified Security Platforms
- SUNNYVALE, Calif. & MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) and Commtouch (Nasdaq: CTCH) today announced that 3Com is licensing Commtouch's GlobalView[TM] Mail Reputation Service as the 3Com[R] Anti-Spam Filter Service of its 3Com Unified Security Platforms.
- Research articles 2008-06-02
- Text-messaging spam filter may be illegal.(News)
- Byline: HEATHER FORSGREN WEAVER Wireless carriers could be running afoul of the law if they filter text messages in an attempt to reduce spam to their customer's devices because common carriers cannot filter content. At issue...
- Research articles 2003-05-05
- How Do You Fight Spam?
- Spam, the scourge of inboxes everywhere. Until recently, I used SpamArrest -- a server-side challenge/response system that worked quite well for the most part -- to keep it out of my inbox. But I'm a cheapskate (no, seriously, I have a whole blog to prove it), so I decided to try some...
- Blog posts 2008-01-04
- CompuServe Barbecues Spam; E-Mail Filter Offers Members Choice
- COLUMBUS, Ohio--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 24, 1997--CompuServe (NASDAQ:CSRV) announced today that it is providing a powerful filter GO SPAMCONTROLS which allows individual members to restrict the flow of unsolicited e-mail or "spam" that can reach them online. The spam filter is automatically "On" unless a member chooses to turn it off. ...
- Research articles 1997-09-24
- How to Spam Check Your Press Releases
- Here's a tool you need to add to your PR toolkit ASAP: a free automatic content-checker that you can use to test your outgoing email before you send it to see if it is likely to get caught in a spam filter. This tool is essential if...
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- Keep Spam Filters From Treating You Like Junk
- To send out about 3 million e-mail newsletters per week to your customers involves a fine art. A big part of it is making sure that your e-mail gets through to your customers. Send out your e-mail wrong and it probably is going to get snagged in a filter or...
- White papers
- Spam-Filter Testing Flawed, According to META Group; Evaluations of Spam-Filter Products Rely on Antiquated Testing Methods; META Group Identifies Best Practices
- STAMFORD, Conn. -- As organizations continue to battle the proliferation of spam in the enterprise, the importance of choosing the right e-mail hygiene vendor becomes increasingly apparent. In recognizing the critical need for spam-blocking tools, organizations and publications have rushed to develop testing processes in order to segment the vendor...
- Research articles 2005-01-07
- Commentary: AOL and Yahoo to charge for spam-filter bypass, Goodmail
- Companies that want to ensure that their e-mails are being received by AOL and Yahoo e-mail users will have a new service available to them soon.AOL and Yahoo say that spam and worries about online scams have made e-mail an increasingly unreliable way for companies to reach customers, particularly when...
- Research articles 2006-02-10
- Creating Spam-Free E-Mail
- Everyone gets spam in their inboxes - unwanted, fraudulent, illegal e-mail from anonymous senders pushing cheap pharmaceuticals, no-questions-asked credit, even pornography. Spammers must think they are all broke, in pain, impotent or worse. No one wants their legitimate commercial e-mail communications to be confused with this junk. Fortunately the federal...
- White papers 2005-06-06
- Nucleus Research: Spam Costing US Businesses $712 Per Employee Each Year
- Despite aggressive spam filter technology, 66 percent of e-mail reaching user inboxes is spam WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Nucleus Research, a global provider of information technology research and advisory services, today announced that the spam epidemic is costing US businesses $712 per employee each year in lost worker productivity. ...
- Research articles 2007-04-02
- BREAKFAST WITH SPAM
- I have lost count of the number of spam-fighting programs I've tried. They all work, more or less, and they're all not worth a nickel. The problem, oh programmers from the Purple Planet, is this: It takes more time to use a spam filter and review its results than...
- Research articles 2003-07-27
- Lyris to Integrate Mailshell Spam Filter into Its MailShield Server Software Application
- BERKELEY, Calif. -- Lyris Technologies, developer of the world's best-selling email marketing software, today announced that it will enhance its award-winning MailShield Server email filtering application by integrating Mailshell Inc.'s anti-spam engine. Lyris will include the Mailshell Spam Recognition System MSRS in its upcoming release of MailShield Server 4.0 this...
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- Top Five Tips for Dealing with Blacklists
- Some self-styled "email marketing insider" recently posted a "Three Tips for Dealing with Blacklist Issues" articl0065 and wow, it turned out to be simplistic, useless advice. Let's pretend it never happened, let's pretend we got that five minutes of our life back, and let's try again. First,...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Keeping On Top Of Your Inbox
- E-mail has revolutionized the way we communicate and work today. For most of us, the ease with which we can communicate with others far outweighs any disadvantages—having to deal with unsolicited mail, for example—that e-mail might have. It can be an excellent tool for improving efficiency, or it can be...
- Articles 2007-02-28
- How to Clear the Clutter from Your Inbox
- How to Clear the Clutter from Your Inboxemail clutterIn addition to the spam filter on my server, I've added a spam filter called SPAMBATES (C:Program FilesSpamBayesdocsoutlookabout.html) to Outlook. Spambayes is teachable - it learns what I consider spam by what I direct to which of 3 groups: Inbox, Junk suspects,...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-16
- How to Keep Spam Off Your Cell Phone
- Tired of telemarketing calls on your cell phone? Want to keep spam out of your mobile inbox? PC World shows you how in Put an End to Cell Phone Spam. Here's an excerpt from the section on blocking sales calls: If you do give out a mobile number, be...
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- How to Keep Spam Off Your Cell Phone
- How to Keep Spam Off Your Cell PhoneRE: How to Keep Spam Off Your Cell PhoneGreat question. You can read all about it here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/152169/use_gmail_to_fight_spam.htmlRE: How to Keep Spam Off Your Cell PhoneHow do you use gmail to filter spam from your primary domain?RE: How to Keep Spam Off Your...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-13
- Twitter Cracks Down On Spam
- In its latest attempt to clean up the messages being sent across its site, Twitter is now letting users flag spammers by clicking a “report as spam” button on their profiles. Twitter says a team of employees will follow up on the reports. Previously, users could only call attention...
- External links 2009-10-14
- Tumbleweed Email Firewall Doubles Spam Capture Rates for P&O Ports, Reduces Mail Server and Bandwidth Loads; Automated Spam Management Slashes IT Administration Time and Costs
- REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- TumbleweedR Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:TMWD), the leading provider of email and file transfer security solutions, announced today that P&O Ports North America has deployed Tumbleweed Email Firewall with Dynamic Anti-spam Service DAS to filter and secure email communications throughout P&O Ports headquarters and remote offices. By combining...
- Research articles 2005-01-19
