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What is the Subject Analyzer?


The subject analyzer checks the subject line of each message sent to your mailbox. It looks for certain words,
generally associated with spam, in the subject line of the e-mail. It also checks the header of a message to
see if a spammer has tried to manipulate the information contained there, such as the date, time, or mail
server name, to make the mail appear legitimate.

A message will receive a value based on how many spam criteria are detected and how many non spam items are
found. Based on this system, the messages which contain the highest level of spam criteria, are most likely spam.

Select a level for the analyzer. This level will determine how many criteria must be met before a message is marked
as spam. Although medium is recommended, many people prefer to begin with low:

• Low - This only filters out messages that contain many spam criteria. If you find too many spam messages reach
your inbox, you can switch to medium.

• Medium (recommended) - This filters out messages that contain a good amount of spam criteria.

• High - Any thing which meets the spam criteria will be marked as spam. This may result in non spam messages
being marked incorrectly as spam.


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