Are there automated methods or software solutions to control Spam?
Indeed yes, there are a number of Spam Filtering solutions on offer. These solutions fall into the following two broad categories, depending on just where they are deployed: • Server-level Spam Filtering solutions • Personal (Desktop/ Notebook) level Spam Filtering solutions Both kinds of solutions work broadly in the same fashion, with the only difference being that while Server-level Spam Filters protect the entire mail domain (such as your organization’s e-Mail domain), the Personal solutions protect your e-Mail address alone. The former are adopted (or should be adopted) by public e-Mail service providers such as Yahoo and GMail as well as your organization, while the latter come built in with popular e-Mail clients such as Microsoft Outlook/ Outlook Express, Eudora, etc. Server-level Spam filtering solutions are either developed by Mail Hosting Service providers themselves, or are developed by specialists in the field of tackling Spam Mail. Naturally, these cost money. Similarly,
