Ars Technica

What's the best spam filtering program for idiots?

I get tons of people asking me this. The best program for me to reccomend to the average user is NOT the same program that us geeks would use. Personally, I use popfile, but that is way too ...

You should never, ever delete your spam email. Here’s why

Spam and phishing emails are an annoying everyday occurrence that everyone is probably familiar with and finds annoying. These intrusive messages often clog up your inbox and require tedious deletion ...
The Verge

Google built a spam backdoor for Republicans — and they aren’t using it

Republicans are fed up with their fundraising emails being flagged as spam — but not enough to join Google’s solution to fix the problem Republicans are fed up with their fundraising emails being ...
ZDNet

Start-up uses spam filter to push e-mail client

Stata Labs is releasing a spam filter based on the popular open-source program SpamAssassin in hopes of attracting customers to its Bloomba e-mail application. On Wednesday, the San Mateo, ...
Yahoo

Inbox beware: Federal watchdog approves Google program to let campaigns skip spam filters

Political fundraising emails are notoriously a mix of over-exaggerations, routine misrepresentations and ALL CAP PLEAS. Relief is not on the way. The Federal Election Commission, the nation’s chief ...
CNET

Google's Plan to Nix Spam Filters on Political Emails Approved

The Federal Election Commission greenlighted Google's controversial pilot program, which could mean a flood of spam in your inbox this election cycle. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News ...