


Training Thunderbird Makes it Better at Identifying Spam Once you are comfortable with Thunderbird's ability to accurate identify spam emails, you should configure Thunderbird to automatically move spam emails to your Junk folder. When Thunderbird identifies an email as junk, it flags the message with an icon that looks like a flame. suspected spam).īy default, Thunderbird's adaptive junk mail controls are turned on. This anti-spam feature will evaluate new email messages you receive to determine whether or not they are junk (i.e. Thunderbird includes adaptive junk mail controls. If you get a lot of spam, use Thunderbird so junk mail is automatically filtered for you.


For information on stopping spam in general, not just messages for wireless devices, see the FTC’s website has excellent junk mail controls. Specifically, section 14 of the CAN-SPAM Act requires the Commission to develop rules to protect consumers from “unwanted mobile service commercial messages.”Ĭonsumer Fact Sheet on FCC CAN-SPAM Rulesįor more information on the CAN-SPAM requirements, see the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) website. The CAN-SPAM Act requires the Federal Communications Commission to issue rules with regard to commercial e-mail and some text messages sent to wireless devices such as cell phones-not email in general. The Commission began this rulemaking process as directed by Congress in the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act).Ĭongress passed the CAN-SPAM Act to address the problem of unwanted commercial electronic mail messages. The Commission has adopted rules to protect consumers and businesses from unwanted electronic mail messages on wireless devices such as mobile phones.
