Political fundraising emails are notoriously a mix of over-exaggerations, routine misrepresentations and ALL CAP PLEAS. Relief is not on the way. The Federal Election Commission, the nation’s chief ...

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 ...

Google is ending a pilot program that let political emails bypass the Gmail spam filter, and it says it hasn’t decided whether to convert the pilot into a more long-term option for political campaigns ...

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), announced on February 11 an early Valentine's Day present to system and e-mail administrators with the release of Apache SpamAssassin 3.4.0, the award winning ...

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 ...

A software routine that deletes incoming spam or diverts it to a "junk" mailbox (see spam folder). Also called "spam blockers," spam filters are built into a user's email program. They are also built ...

Q:I know I can get spam-fighting software as part of an Internet security suite. Can you recommend a stand-alone anti-spam program that's free? A: There are several free programs that you can download ...

Bargaining with your health doesn't just mean you're heading for a shorter life expectancy, but also, increases the chances that you will either get scammed in the process, or have to pay more in the ...

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 ...

A meeting reminder from the boss, a lascivious letter from a lover, or the daily tally from a fantasy football league: Which e-mail would you read first? Programmers at a small software company say ...

Q: I have a Dell Dimension 8400 computer and and it runs Microsoft XP. I seem to get a lot of returned mail that I have not sent out. I have all McAfee Virus programs but it doesn’t help. I run every ...