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 ...

Gmail’s reputation for quietly catching junk in the background has taken a hit. Over the past few days, users have watched trusted filters fail, spam pour into primary inboxes, and legitimate messages ...

That’s the same spam protection that Google says “keeps your private information safe. Gmail works hard to protect you from ...

Have you ever been waiting for an important email only to find out it went into your spam folder? This can be frustrating if you're waiting on correspondence from someone, but it can also be ...

I won’t say I don’t receive pitches for the occasional mortgage discount or Vegas vacation, the latest performance-enhancing elixir or anatomical wonder pills. Somehow those untidy and still slightly ...

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 ...

Email can be a wonderful thing. Hearing the notification sound from the Mail app and seeing that those tickets you ordered are on their way, relatives announcing there’s a new addition to the family, ...

Google’s Gmail spam filter, already one of the best in the email business, has gotten even better. This past week, the company announced that its email filter now uses an artificial neural network to ...

Stata Labs is releasing a spam filter based on the popular open-source program SpamAssassin in hopes of attracting customers to its Bloomba e-mail application. On Wednesday, the San Mateo, ...

Want to make sure that important email - like the one with your resume attached inquiring about a job opening - doesn't get shuttled into the recipients' junk folder? PC Magazine has some guidelines ...

E-mail security technology got smarter this week as Mirapoint announced a new technique for filtering out spam and Network Associates enhanced the functionality of its McAfee security appliances.

AT&T WorldNet this week activated a risky spam-filtering technique that it shortly had to defuse after subscribers discovered they were losing legitimate e-mail. Late Wednesday night, the Web access ...