| In today's fast-paced world, emails have become | | | | basis of a pre-provided blacklist of spammers. Spam |
| perhaps the most widely used mode of | | | | filters for client-based email are generally of three |
| communication. Whether it's personal or professional, | | | | types: server side filters, standalone filters, and |
| the person you may wish to contact is always just | | | | integrated filters. |
| an email away. Instant, and extremely user friendly, | | | | Server-side filters check the spam at the ISP |
| emails have increasingly become an integral part of | | | | location, whereas stand-alone filters reside on the PC |
| day-to-day communication. However, unwanted spam | | | | and wash out spam from the email as the user |
| is a major hassle that email lovers face every hour. | | | | receives it. Integrated filter/clients eliminate spam, in |
| Every time we access our mail box, it is flooded with | | | | a manner similar to web-based anti-spam systems. |
| mails which are completely unsolicited. These spam | | | | These types of filters require every new sender to |
| mails are not only annoying, they can even contain | | | | verify their address. |
| dangerous viruses. To counter the spam, email spam | | | | Stand-alone filters are by far the most extensively |
| filters are extensively used. | | | | used spam filters for client-based mails, as they not |
| Email is broadly categorized into Web-based email like | | | | only offer the best spam removal rates, but also do |
| Yahoo, Hotmail and Rediffmail, and client-based email | | | | not require the user to alter or switch the email |
| like Outlook Express or Eudora. Both types of emails | | | | clients. |
| have different setups and require unique spam filters | | | | Empower your PC with any of the innumerable spam |
| to effectively block spam. | | | | filters now available to enjoy a junk-free email |
| Web based emails usually have free spam filters. | | | | experience. |
| These filters may be content-based or work on the | | | | |