A spam filter is a software application that is installed on a POP3/IMAP email server and keeps track of all inbound messages so as to stop any unwanted ones from entering a specific inbox. A few instances of such emails would be: offers for pills or cash, fraudulent bank statements or email attachments that contain malware sent with the idea of infecting your PC. Email filters usually ‘scan’ the content of an email message and when they come across certain keywords or other suspicious content, they either delete the message or deliver it to the Spam/Junk folder instead of the Inbox folder. Some web hosts combine their own spam filters with up-to-the-minute databases from spam-detecting organizations, so as to ensure better security for their customers. Such databases contain patterns, email server IP addresses and other info about spam email messages recently revealed by these organizations.

Spam Filters in Shared Website Hosting

The safety of any email account that you set up under a shared website hosting account with us is guaranteed by the advanced SpamAssassin spam filter that we use. You can activate it through the Email Manager section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and it offers five protection levels based on the spam score given to each email depending on various criteria, such as the recurrence of certain words and phrases, the sender, and so on. If you keep receiving junk messages, you can always raise the level or if you are afraid that you may miss a legitimate email message, you can mix the automated filter with a custom one and redirect all email messages from a certain sender to a different email account. If you reach the decision that you no longer need an email filter for a certain email account, you can disable it with no more than a few clicks of the mouse.

Spam Filters in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you take advantage of one of our semi-dedicated servers, you will not have to worry about junk messages clogging your mailboxes every once in a while, as you can resort to the famous SpamAssassin spam filter that we provide with every semi-dedicated account. Our custom-built Hepsia Control Panel will allow you to activate the filter for any mailbox with a few clicks and you can select one of the five levels of protection – from very high to very low. The level can be changed at any moment if, for instance, legitimate email messages get filtered, or if spam emails go through and appear in your inbox. To be on the safe side, you can choose all filtered messages to be forwarded to a special email account such as spam@your-domain.com and not to be erased. In this way, you can check them every now and then to ensure that you haven’t missed a genuine email.