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Kaspersky Anti-Spam 3.0
After recognition, the application may perform one of the following actions over a
message:
•
accept the message;
•
relay the message or a copy thereof to another address;
•
add a text mark in the message subject field;
•
append a special header to the message;
•
delete message;
•
reject message.
System administrator can define which of the listed actions will be performed
over messages with a specific status.
Preservation of all useful mail must be the top priority for the system
administrator because the loss of a single important message may cause
more trouble for the end user than receipt of a dozen of spam messages. To
avoid the loss of necessary mail, you are advised to use only non-destructive
actions with mail identified after content analysis as spam or probable spam.
E.g., append to the
Subject
header labels, such as
[!! SPAM]
.
2.4. Content filtration databases
The application recognizes spam messages using the records of its regularly
updated content filtration databases. These databases contain the sets of rules,
terms and message signatures used in the process of filtering.
Content filtration databases can be downloaded from the updating servers of
Kaspersky Lab using the updater module. During the procedure, the system
reduces the volume of downloaded data loading only those files, which have
changed.
Since new samples of spam messages appear every day, normal product
functioning requires regular updates to its content filtration databases.
Recommended updating frequency: every twenty minutes.
Be sure to update the content filtration databases immediately after product
setup on your computer!
