Mailshell, a San Francisco software company, is working with the nonprofit site TechSoup.org on a campaign to help charities fight unwanted e-mail messages. The effort will culminate in Mailshell’s ...

Sick of spam? For many users it's the bane of the e-mail experience, a time-sucking hassle that's also a major security risk: spam leaves the door wide open for viruses, phishing, and other threats.

While some would say there is no such thing as a free lunch, if by “lunch” they mean canned spam, they’re wrong. A free application called SpamPal will toss your junk mail in the can quietly, ...

Verizon (which owns Engadget's parent company, Verizon Media) has opened access to a free version of its spam filter and is rolling out its anti-robocall tech. The Call Filter app detects and filters ...

Stop spam texts with iOS 26. Learn how Apple’s new filter keeps junk in a separate folder so your inbox stays clean.

Spam filters are often a huge source of frustration for small business owners. While filters can prevent a deluge of electronic junk mail from clogging inboxes, they can suddenly stop working, miss ...

Larry Kilgallen got so fed up with junk e-mail that he finally decided to do something about it. Kilgallen, a Cambridge, Mass., business owner, says he takes about five minutes each day to fire off ...

Instead of deleting spam emails, you should consider marking them, which teaches the spam filter to better recognize and ...

Founded in 1994, Nemx Software provides content security solutions for Microsoft Exchange servers. The small firm, consisting of only seven full-time staff members, provides anti-spam, anti-virus and ...

At a cyber cafe, the cappuccinos are steaming, and so are lots of customers whose computers are clogged with spam — junk e-mail. "I've noticed if I ever open them, then I end up getting five times as ...

Spotify is launching a music spam filter, labeling AI tracks, and clarifying its rules around AI voice clones.