Anecdotal evidence from Gmail users—including the author of this story—suggests that something changed with Gmail’s spam filter settings in recent weeks, resulting in the email provider letting ...

A spam filter is a program that automatically processes incoming messages to sift out spam and potentially dangerous computer viruses. There are many types of spam filters, thanks to the ever growing ...

A software routine that deletes incoming spam or diverts it to a "junk" mailbox (see spam folder). Also called "spam blockers," spam filters are built into a user's email program. They are also built ...

Spam filters are often a huge source of frustration for small business owners. While filters can prevent a deluge of electronic junk mail from clogging inboxes, they can suddenly stop working, miss ...

Jeff Schwartz recently received an inquiry from a senior executive at a major wireless telephone carrier, asking if he could provide some product information about the software his company produces.

Learn how to block spam calls, texts, and emails with easy tips, apps, and tools. Protect your privacy and regain control of your inbox.

This week in Security Levity, I’m digging further into the topic of spam filtering technology. Today, I want to talk about why spam filtering seems to be such a continual challenge for filter vendors.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, there were no graphical e-mail clients. So what you had to do to get your mail was to connect a server with telnet over the network, or directly over a modem ...

Google is integrating carrier-level filtering into RCS in India through a partnership with Airtel to strengthen protections against spam.