An email filter is a software application that runs on a POP3/IMAP email server and ‘scans’ all inbound messages in order to obstruct any unsolicited ones from reaching a particular mailbox. Several instances of such email messages would be: offers for pills or money, false banking statements or email attachments that contain malicious code sent with the intention of infecting your personal computer. Spam filters normally examine the content of an email and when they come across given keywords or other dubious content, they either delete the email or redirect it to the Spam/Junk folder instead of the Inbox folder. Certain web hosts mix their own spam filters with up-to-date databases from spam-tracing organizations, so as to guarantee better protection for their customers. Such databases include patterns, email server IP addresses and other information about spam email messages recently reported by these organizations.

Spam Filters in Cloud Website Hosting

The security of any email account that you set up in a cloud website hosting account with us is ensured by the powerful SpamAssassin spam filter that we use. You can enable it via the Email Manager section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and it comes with five levels of safety based on the spam score given to each and every message depending on various parameters, such as the recurrence of given words and phrases, the sender, etc. If you keep getting junk emails, you can always raise the level or if you are afraid that you may skip a genuine email, you can mix the automatic spam filter with a custom one and forward all email messages from a particular sender to a different mailbox. If you reach the decision that you no longer want an email filter for a given mailbox, you can deactivate it with only several clicks.

Spam Filters in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you use a semi-dedicated server package from our company and if you create one or more email accounts with any of the domains hosted in the account, you’ll be able to activate the powerful, 5-level SpamAssassin spam filter that we provide and keep all unwelcome email messages away from your inbox. This feature is accessible through the Hepsia Control Panel’s Email Manager section and it can be enabled or disabled for any email account whenever you wish. You can also alter the level of security with several clicks if unsolicited bulk messages still enter your inbox or the spam filter starts deleting authentic email messages. Since you can select if the spam should be erased instantly or redirected to a separate mailbox, you can set up [email protected], for example, and view all filtered email messages there, so as to make certain that you will not miss an email that you need. The emails that the anti-spam filter allows to proceed will still be delivered to your inbox.