spam filter

American  

[spam fil-ter] / ˈspæm ˌfɪl tər /

noun

• spam filters
  plural

1. Computers. a piece of software that detects spam emails and blocks their delivery.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• spam filters
  plural

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Example Sentences

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spam filter

"We've essentially built a scientific spam filter," Professor Barnett said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

Rather, the tools are like “a spam filter … you still want to go through your spam filter every week” to check for erroneously flagged legitimate content.

From Science Magazine ● May 9, 2023

“I had to set my spam filter to allow e-mails from my doorbell,” noted Robert Carlisle.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2019

"Those of us in Texas remain sceptical, recalling the end of the first war, when the declaration of surrender got lost in the spam filter for two years."

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2018

Darryl and I once tried to write our own better spam filter and when you filter spam, you need Bayesian math.

From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

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