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How Can I Make My Spam Filter More Effective?

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Each spam filter out there works on the same basic principles, but they all work differently.
You probably know this if you have more than one email account with different email providers.
Some can get rid of all of it, and some get rid of most.
Other times, nothing seems to go to the spam folder, and your inbox is clogged with junk.
There are a few things you can do to your filters that can turn that around if that is a problem for you.
What you can do with your spam filters will depend on who you have for an email service provider.
In some, you have the option to flag a spam email that comes through to your inbox.
When you do this, it send the email off to the service provider so that it can be added to the collection.
From this collection, the programs they use to filter out spam can look through and see what it missed and how to do a better job with filtering.
Another option would be to use your email providers blacklist, if they have one.
When you use this, you add the email address to a list that will tell your provider that spam is coming from that address.
This can work, but it is not as effective as it once was.
Spam producers know about this, and they change emails almost daily.
That means the address you have on your blacklist is probably not in use anyway.
You can also change your settings on some spam filters so that the only emails you get are from addresses that you have in your contact or address folder.
That means unless they are already saved as a contact, they are not going to get through.
This eliminates most spam, but also means that legitimate emails from people not in your contacts are going to be lost.
This is not the best solution when you have a business email account for obvious reasons.
When you get an email, you usually know if it is spam or not.
However, there can be times when you are not sure.
The email could be from someone you know, but they did not state that very well, or the message within the email is not clear.
In that case, you should use a reverse email lookup to see what information you can find about that sender and email address.
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