What are Spam Blockers?
Spam blockers can be something that you really depend on. They can also be your greatest enemy. Most people find them somewhere in between. Most people who have email accounts get at least one email every day. Some people get hundreds or even thousands of emails each day. Of course, not all of these emails are solicited or even desired. Email that you don’t want or didn’t ask for is called spam. Most spam seeks to sell something. Spam solicitations commonly ask people to click on a link in an email. These links can direct people to websites that sell products or advertise programs. Other spam emails contain attachments that carry computer viruses. If you don’t realize it, you might click on a spam email that automatically opens its attached virus and begins infecting your computer. Spam is a huge problem for many, many people. Deleting unwanted email can take up a significant amount of time. Spam often takes the form of objectionable material as well, such as ads for drugs or announcem
Email spam has reached epidemic levels. Many active Internet users and online business owners receive hundreds of junk emails each day and have to spend hours trying to dig out the “real” emails. So it’s no wonder that programmers have created a lot of paid and free spam blockers. There are three basic types of traditional antispam software… 1) Plug-ins for email clients. These antispam programs run on your computer and require all received spam to be downloaded before they start sorting it. 2) Standalone applications. These spam blockers also run on your computer and communicate with the email server multiple times each hour to check your POP mailbox for spam and delete it. They constantly run in the background, using up resources and bandwidth. 3) Server-side email spam filters. Many ISPs and email servers (HotMail, Yahoo! Mail, etc.) have installed email filtering software that scans email for certain triggers, which may include certain phrases, formatting, and aggressive writing
