A spam filter is a piece of software that is installed on a POP3/IMAP email server and ‘scans’ all inbound email messages to hinder any undesirable ones from reaching a specific mailbox. A few examples of such email messages would be: offers for pills or cash, fraudulent bank statements or attachments that contain malicious software sent with the intention to damage your personal computer. Spam filters normally examine the content of an email message and in case they spot certain keywords or other dubious content, they either delete the email or forward it to the Junk/Spam folder instead of the Inbox folder. Certain web hosting companies combine their own filters with up-to-the-minute databases from spam-monitoring organizations, so as to guarantee better security for their customers. Such databases include patterns, email server IP addresses and other information about spam email messages recently detected by these organizations.

Spam Filters in Web Hosting

If you reach the decision to host your domain names with our company and you select any of our Linux web hosting, you’ll be able to enable spam filters for any email address that you create. With a few clicks of the mouse in the Email Manager section of your Hepsia Control Panel, you can switch between 5 separate levels of security. If you still receive spam emails or the filters start preventing genuine messages from reaching your inbox, you can switch to another level just as easily. The quality of our spam detection solution is ensured by one of the most famous spam filters – SpamAssassin. In case you do not want to risk missing a genuine email that may be mistaken for spam due to its content, you can also set up custom filters based on the body, the subject or the sender of the message and redirect the emails to another email address where you can check them at a later time.

Spam Filters in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you order a semi-dedicated server plan from our company and if you set up one or more email accounts with any of the domain names hosted under the account, you’ll be able to enable the powerful, 5-level SpamAssassin anti-spam filter that we offer and keep all unwanted emails away from your mailbox. This service is accessible through the Hepsia Control Panel’s Email Manager section and it can be enabled or disabled for any mailbox whenever you like. You can also fine-tune the level of safety with a couple of clicks if spam messages still reach your inbox or the email filter begins erasing authentic email messages. Since you can choose whether the spam should be erased momentarily or re-sent to a separate mailbox, you can create spam@domain.com, for example, and view all filtered emails there, so as to ensure that you will not miss a message that you require. The email messages that the anti-spam filter allows to go through will still be delivered to your mailbox.