Security Administrator Street Smarts: A Real World Guide to CompTIA Security+™ Skills, Second Edition

7.6. Task 7.6: Spam Management

Spam is simply unsolicited e-mail. Some surveys show that as much as 80 percent of the mail that circulates the Internet is spam. Spammers go to great lengths to get this mail into the recipient's inbox. One major task for the security professional is to decrease spam and filter as much as possible.

One easy way to reduce the amount of spam you must deal with is to increase Outlook's junk mail settings to a higher level. There are five options for dealing with junk mail:

Safe Senders List

This option allows you to receive messages from e-mail addresses in your address book and contact list.

Safe Recipients List

This is a list of mailing lists or other subscription domain names and e-mail addresses that you belong ...