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The new high speed Internet connection because of the optic fiber technology and the wider and higher usage of the Net, such as homeschooling, sadly has given more opportunity for abuse, so there are some security issues like spam… There are two levels of spam detection and spam blocker, one at the level of the server and another on the personal computer, depending on where the filters have been installed. Spam detection is a must in the conditions of an alarming increase of the unsolicited mail wave. Although punishable by law, the action of spamming is conducted by very many dishonest businesses that use the world wide wed to hide their identity and dupe as many people as possible. Spam prevention and spam detection remain the only ways to limit the impact of spam for the moment.

Spam prevention is pretty basic: do not disclose your email address easily. Avoid filling in online forms and registration boxes with your email address. Do not answer emails whose sender you do not know, and most important do not forward messages such as jokes, warnings and other kinds of messages that allow for the accumulation of large numbers of email addresses. On the other hand, the installation of the software blocking tools is necessary for the efficient spam detection.

Filters and blockers perform spam detection. First of all, filters separate legitimate messages from possible spam. Blockers on the other hand perform spam detection and cleaning without allowing the access to the personal computer. When the anti-spam software is installed on the server, things are even better because the viewing of the emails with a spam potential is possible without their being transferred in the computer memory. Spam detection is now possible by using the spamming keywords, the sender’s ID or technology-integrated criteria.

Just as the spam detection means constantly improve, so do the spammers’ means to pass undetected by filters and blockers and get into people’s mail box. Up to now, there is no total protection against spam. Who knows whether things will ever change and more anti-spam measures will be possible? If kept at this level, spam is not that much a problem, on condition that you don’t open mails from strangers that somehow manage to pass the most advanced anti-spam tool.