Identify and Eliminate SPAM

Other Anti-SPAM Programs

Limited scope:

Other available anti-SPAM solutions assume that all emails not specifically identified by you as SPAM must be wanted emails, even if emails arrive containing information that is of no interest to you. Current anti-SPAM software uses filters which take a sample of text you are interested in, known as "ham", and store it in a corpus. Incoming email is compared against the stored "ham" and everything that doesn't match is assumed to be SPAM. SPAM text is stored in it's own corpus.

Existing anti-SPAM program's systems work well for individuals, but can fall short if you, for example:

• Work in more than one specific field, or involved in research on a variety of subjects
• Change interests or have multiple interests over time
• Use "white lists" and "black lists" to override the SPAM detection and it creates security problems

Not-so-trusted lists:

Existing anti-SPAM solutions allow you to override the SPAM filtering with "white lists" and "black lists". Trusted sources can be placed on a "white list". Conversely, you can place a sender on a "black list" if you want to disregard everything sent from that source. Although seductively simple in their approach, these lists open the doors to Phishers, bogus email, security problems and ultimately compromise the entire process.