McAfee INTERNET SECURITY SUITE 2008 User Manual page 133

1. On the SecurityCenter Home pane, click
2. In the E-mail & IM information area, click Configure.
3. On the E-mail & IM Configuration pane, under
protection, click Advanced.
2
On the Spam Protection pane, click
3
Under Filtering Options, move the slider to the appropriate
level and then click OK.
Level
Low
Medium-Low
Medium
Medium-High
High
Disable a special filter
Special filters are enabled by default because they filter messages
that spammers typically send. For example, e-mail messages that
contain embedded images are usually spam; however, if you
often receive legitimate e-mail with embedded images, disable
the special image filter.
1
Open the Spam Protection pane.
How?
1. On the SecurityCenter Home pane, click
2. In the E-mail & IM information area, click Configure.
3. On the E-mail & IM Configuration pane, under
protection, click Advanced.
2
On the Spam Protection pane, click
3
Under Special Filters, select or clear the appropriate check
boxes and then click OK.
Filter
Filter messages that
contain hidden text
Filter messages that
contain certain
ratios of images
versus text
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Filtering
Description
Most e-mail is accepted.
Only obvious spam messages are filtered.
E-mail is filtered at the recommended
level.
Any e-mail that resembles spam is filtered.
Only messages from senders in your
friends list are accepted.
Filtering
Description
Looks for hidden text because messages with
hidden text are often used by spammers to
avoid detection.
Looks for embedded images because
messages with embedded images are usually
spam.
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E-mail & IM.
Spam
Options.
E-mail & IM.
Spam
Options.