Intro To Spamkiller
Google statistics show that unwanted commercial email or spam, accounts for over 94% of all email on the Internet. Spamkiller is a necessary tool in reducing unsolicited email from getting into your email box. Spamkiller uses multiple methods including blacklists and contextual analysis. Spamkiller updates keep your system current and secure.
Benefits of Spamkiller
Without spamkiller, email volume would increase 20x and using email would be overwhelming. Spamkiller is an essential tool for protecting the functionality of your email.
Spamkiller uses several methods to find and block unwanted emails. Blacklists block known URLs and IP addresses that have sent out spam. Users report spammers and the lists get larger over time. OCR (optical character recognition) will also scan html and images to submit words to the contextual word search list. Additionally Spamkiller flags suspect emails for users to review.
How Spamkiller Works
Webfilter has two main functions - white/grey/black lists and contextual analysis. White/grey/black list is a list of URLs with approved urls(white), URLs analyzed by content (grey), and blocked (black) sites. Webfilter lists should be maintained consistently because new pages are created, old sites are taken down and current sites change. Enabling the Webfilter Update service, gives you regular updates to the lists. With Webfilter contextual analysis approved sites that create inappropriate content can be blocked. Webfilter updates are created by human editors, not by automated computer "spiders". This makes it very accurate.
