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The Children's Internet Protection Act also requires schools and libraries to filter their email for objectionable email. Currently, many email systems are trying to cope with large volumes of Unsolicited Commercial Email (also called junk email and spam), viruses, email bombs, messenger spam and questionable email.

  • Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE) definitions.
  • Viruses
    • Email is a favorite method for spreading viruses.
       
  • Email bomb - is a denial of service type of attack. The goal is to overload you mailbox. There are two types
    • Mass mail
    • Mailing List
       
  • Messenger Spam
    • This is spam that uses the Windows Messaging System.
       
  • Questionable Email
    • Emails from predatory adults.
    • Emails from questionable businesses.
       

The current state of the web is requiring businesses to use email filtering systems in self defense. Depending on which email server you are using there are a number of different software products available - some are free, others at a nominal cost.

Many popular email programs allow you to filter emails.

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