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 ...

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 ...

We all get piles of junk e-mail every week and no matter what we do, it just seems to always get through our junk filters. We setup rules, black lists and white lists in hopes of creating a more ...

The algorithms guarding our inboxes have now developed to the stage that spam is usually kept at bay, but these auto-sorting processes aren’t perfect yet—if you’re not regularly opening up your spam ...

Most of these are spam, but at least one definitely isn’t. Before I incur the wrath of non-Gmail users, let me just note that this tip also applies to Hotmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo, and so on. But ...

Getting to the bottom of your spam folder is not as scary as it sounds. (Photo: Getty) "Have you checked your spam folder?" You've probably heard this question before. But perhaps you weren't quite ...

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Tickets to an upcoming sporting event. A receipt from the Nike store for running shoes I bought last weekend. A local newsletter I open every day. Those emails and 82 others were among the legitimate ...