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Can Iowa State Use Stronger Methods of Spam Blocking?

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Can Iowa State Use Stronger Methods of Spam Blocking?

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A stronger defense against spam is content-based filtering. In a content-based filtering system, the actual content of the email messages is examined to determine whether or not it appears to be spam, rather than checked to determine whether the source of the email message has originated from a known spammer. However, content-based systems result in a much higher “false positive” rate; therefore, much more legitimate email is blocked in this type of system. Additionally, it is quite difficult to manage a list of words or phrases that can be used to distinguish spam from legitimate email. Individual users are free to create custom rules for content-filtering inside the email client. These rules can be configured to filter or sort incoming email based on content of the individual user’s own choice.

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