MAIL FILTERING AGENTS

By

Jaspreet chopra

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INTRODUCTION:

Email is your business’ most

essential tool, and also its biggest

time sink. Email management tool

cut through the clutter so you can

focus on the info that matters.

MEANING:

Email filtering is the processing of email to organize it

according to specific criteria.

Most often this refers to the automatic processing of

incoming messages, but the term also applies to the

intervention of human intelligence in addition to anti-

spam techniques, and to outgoing emails as well as

those being received.

PROCESS:

NEED OF EMAIL FILTERING

Common uses of mail filters

include

• Organizing incoming email

• Removal of spam and computer

viruses.

TYPES OF MAIL FILTERS:

Inbound filtering- It involves scanning messages from

the internet addressed to users protected by the filtering

system.

Outbound filtering- It involves the reserve-scanning

email messages from local users before any potentially

harmful messages can be delivered to others on the

internet.

WHY DO EMAILS GO TO SPAM BY DEFAULT?

Particular use of caps, colors and punctuations-

•Poor HTML coding

•Whole sentences in capital letters

•Brightly colored fonts

Use of certain phrases-

•Keywords like Viagra, free, click here to win, promo etc.

Lack of contact.

A person is flagged as a spammer by the recipient.

SO, WHAT DO I DO?

Be human.

Be careful what you

say.

Look out for default

spam filters.

Thank

you.