What’s SpamGuard?

SpamGuard tightens access to your Inbox. When you check "Automatically send suspected spam to my Spam folder" on the Spam page in Mail Options, SpamGuard funnels spam into to your Spam folder. Also, each time you mark a message as spam, you get better spam protection.

Empty Spam folder – often or rarely

How long do you want to keep messages in your Spam folder? Choose from the “Empty Spam folder:” pull-down menu. Delete messages immediately, or keep them a week, two weeks, or a month. The default setting is a month. Remember, choosing “immediately” means you won’t be able to review what’s in your Spam folder before it’s deleted.

Block Images

Getting you to open images is a spammer trick that confirms your email address to them. So we give you a way to block anonymous images from being displayed – at the level you prefer. We recommend “Initially block all images”.

Not Spam

Every now and then – but rarely – SpamGuard edges over the line and places an email you actually wanted to receive into your Spam folder. If this happens, let us know by clicking Not Spam on that message in your Spam folder.

And finally…

As you might guess, the Spam folder doesn't generate spam, and you don’t get any additional mail as a result of having a Spam folder.