Symantec 10288239 User Guide - Page 16

16 Feature summary Spam filtering features Spam filtering features As email becomes more popular, many users are receiving an increasing amount of the unsolicited commercial email messages known as spam. Not only does spam make it difficult to identify valid email messages, some spam contains offensive messages and images. Norton AntiSpam incorporates several powerful features to reduce your exposure to unwanted online content. Integration with email programs Adds buttons to the toolbar in supported email programs, if you choose Allowed and Blocked lists 1 Uses user-defined address list to expedite scanning of email 1 Accepts all mail from Allowed list 1 Treats all mail from Blocked list as spam 1 Allows and blocks email from entire domains as well as individual email addresses Automatic import of addresses Automatically imports lists of addresses from supported email programs to keep your list of allowed email senders in sync, if you choose Self-training 1 Uses outgoing mail to refine spam definition 1 Adds the recipients of your email to the Allowed list, if you choose 1 Prevents spammers from using your personal email addresses to get around the spam filter Custom spam rules Lets you identify email addresses and text that should and should not be filtered Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Mail Plus filtering Moves spam email to a separate folder in your Yahoo! email account