An email filter is a piece of software that runs on a POP3/IMAP server and keeps track of all inbound emails to obstruct any undesirable ones from reaching a particular mailbox. Several instances of such email messages would be: offers for pills or cash, false banking notifications or email attachments that contain malicious software sent with the idea of damaging your PC. Spam filters normally examine the content of an email and in case they come across certain keywords or other dubious content, they either delete the email message or re-send it to the Spam/Junk folder instead of the Inbox folder. Some web hosting providers mix their own filters with up-to-the-minute databases from spam-detecting organizations, so as to guarantee higher levels of safety for their clients. Such databases contain patterns, email server IPs and other information about spam messages recently uncovered by these organizations.

Spam Filters in Cloud Website Hosting

If you get a cloud website hosting plan from us and if you use our email services, you will be able to activate anti-spam protection for any of the mailboxes that you set up from the Email Manager section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. With no more than several clicks of the mouse, you can choose between 5 separate protection levels. In case you start receiving spam, you can begin with the lowest level and then slowly raise the level until you stop getting spam. We make use of one of the very best and most famous email filters out there called SpamAssassin. It checks the header section and the body of each and every email that you get and calculates a spam score, based on which it either erases a given message or allows it to reach your inbox. The Hepsia Control Panel will also allow you to configure custom email filters and either get rid of undesirable email messages or redirect them to a 3rd-party address like spam@domain.com where you can read them once again later.