Think of it as though it was a contest, and each Analyzer is a different judge, and the messages are the contestants, and Spam Sleuth Enterprise is the scorekeeper. Every judge looks at the e-mail message and assigns points based on specific criteria. Then all of the points are added together to create an overall total. More points is bad, and less points is good. In the first alpha version of the program, Spam Sleuth Enterprise sent all the votes to Florida to get a decision, but it always came back a tie and nothing ever happened (only kidding). The number of accumulated points determines if the e-mail message is real, or spam. If the overall total is less than the threshold Spam Sleuth Enterprise classifies this message as a real gem, and it will be passed through to your e-mail program for viewing. If the overall total exceeds the threshold settings in Spam Sleuth Enterprise the message is deemed as spam and it will either be placed in the Mail Jail for 30 days, or it will be deleted immediately. Spam Sleuth Enterprise has 3 different threshold settings that you can adjust to your liking. To configure the threshold settings right click on the Spam Sleuth Enterprise icon in your Windows System tray > Configure... > Score tab.
| · | E-mail is spam if score exceeds: - If the total amount of points accumulated by all of the analyzers exceeds this number then Spam Sleuth Enterprise classifies the e-mail as spam, and the e-mail is sent to the Mail Jail. If you want to see the contents in the Mail Jail simply double-click on the Spam Sleuth Enterprise icon. If you don't want to ever see the messages, just wait 30 days and they will be deleted. If the total amount of points is less than this number then this number the e-mail is classified as a real gem and Spam Sleuth Enterprise will pass the e-mail along to your e-mail program. By default the threshold is set at 190.
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| · | Stop analyzing if score exceeds: - The second Spam Sleuth Enterprise receives e-mail messages the Analyzers begin adding points. If the points begin to exceed 1,000 Spam Sleuth Enterprise, the scorekeeper, tells all of the analyzers to stop giving points because it is clear that the e-mail message is spam. These types of messages are sent to the Mail Jail, and will be deleted after 30 days.
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| · | Permanent trash if score exceeds: - If the overall total of points from all of the Analyzers is more than 10,200 Spam Sleuth Enterprise immediately deletes the message. These types of messages usually contain adult content/pornography.
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