Symantec Norton Internet Security 2005 NIS2005 User Manual

Feature summary

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Spam filtering features

As email becomes more popular, many users are 
receiving an increasing amount of the unsolicited 
commercial email messages known as spam. Not only 
does spam make it difficult to identify valid email 
messages, some spam contains offensive messages and 
images.

Norton AntiSpam incorporates several powerful features 
to reduce your exposure to unwanted online content.

Integration with 
email programs

Adds buttons to the toolbar in supported email 
programs, if you choose

Allowed and 
Blocked lists

1

Uses user-defined address list to expedite scanning 
of email

1

Accepts all mail from Allowed list

1

Treats all mail from Blocked list as spam

1

Allows and blocks email from entire domains as well 
as individual email addresses

Automatic import 
of addresses

Automatically imports lists of addresses from supported 
email programs to keep your list of allowed email 
senders in sync, if you choose

Self-training

1

Uses outgoing mail to refine spam definition

1

Adds the recipients of your email to the Allowed list, 
if you choose

1

Prevents spammers from using your personal email 
addresses to get around the spam filter

Custom spam rules Lets you identify email addresses and text that should 

and should not be filtered

Yahoo! Mail and 
Yahoo! Mail Plus 
filtering

Moves spam email to a separate folder in your Yahoo! 
email account

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