spam filter

noun

informal
: software that identifies and blocks spam

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That’s a simple truth, and while anyone who has ever looked in their junk folder will know, there’s no such thing as a perfect spam filter. Davey Winder, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 Harris 2024 Polls: Harris Holds Onto Lead In 4 New Polls Motivated skepticism Sorting crackpot from jackpot ideas through science’s informal spam filter usually catches junk, but sometimes messages of consequence get blocked. Andréa Morris, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 Not everyone needs a local spam filter, but for those that do, G Data makes this feature available in the standalone antivirus. PCMAG, 5 June 2024 The spam filter is officially compatible with Microsoft Outlook, Incredimail, Eudora, Thunderbird, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail. PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024 On the whole, Google's spam filter, though in this instance imperfect, is not morally blameworthy. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 25 Aug. 2023 The result is that a spam filter looks at this hot mess of an email and basically gives up. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2023 It has been brought to my attention that some legitimate comments without copious linkage seem to have gotten caught in the spam filter. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2010

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“Spam filter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spam%20filter. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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