variants
or antispam
: serving or intended to eliminate or reduce spam
anti-spam laws/legislation
antispam filters
… spammers keep coming up with new tricks to work their way around anti-spam technology …—
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The anti-spam protections put in place for Gmail will always walk something of a tightrope between stopping enough spam, a leading distribution channel for malicious actors, and stopping too much genuine email.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The Security Reasoning Behind The Gmail Account Deletions Google has invested a lot of time and money into making Gmail as safe and secure as possible for its users, whether in terms of anti-spam measures, phishing scam protection or account hijacking defense.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
For instance, some people have their email client configured to use anti-spam software and spam filters which scan emails for red flags and then re-route messages to the spam folder according to the set criteria.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
Currently, the app is available for Android and iOS and offers consistent anti-spam technology.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
Claps to my colleague Andrew Van Dam, who asked me if this anti-spam trick worked.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The Security Reasoning Behind The Gmail Account Deletions Google has invested a lot of time and money into making Gmail as safe and secure as possible for its users, whether in terms of anti-spam measures, phishing scam protection or account hijacking defense.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
For instance, some people have their email client configured to use anti-spam software and spam filters which scan emails for red flags and then re-route messages to the spam folder according to the set criteria.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
Currently, the app is available for Android and iOS and offers consistent anti-spam technology.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
Claps to my colleague Andrew Van Dam, who asked me if this anti-spam trick worked.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
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“Anti-spam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-spam. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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