Spam filters are now in place on just about every email system, reducing the amount of spam reaching user accounts, both personal and corporate, to a bare minimum.

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"This means we can do things like fight spam more effectively, detect system and reliability problems more quickly, and build better features for everyone by understanding how Instagram is used, " it said in a statement.

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" In a blog post, Instagram reps outlined the benefits of the revision, explaining that the site will be able to "fight spam more effectively, detect system and reliability problems more quickly, and build better features for everyone by understanding how Instagram is used.

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Coleman said that part of the system is similar to spam filters used by Google and other e-mail providers.

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At the center of the antispam effort is a small Redwood City, Calif. not-for-profit organization called Mail Abuse Prevention System or MAPS (spam spelled backwards).

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At the center of the antispam effort is a small nonprofit organization in Redwood City, California, called Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS: spam spelled backward).

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To block spam, large ISPs and corporations use a multitiered system of filters, lists of known spammer addresses and sometimes even staff who can recognize incoming spam and thwart it manually.

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To block spam, large ISPs and corporations use a multitiered system of filters and lists of known spammer addresses and sometimes even staff who can recognize incoming spam and manually thwart it.

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Set up an anti-spyware program, firewall, or filter that keeps spam and other junk out of your system.

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But it insists that its aim is to improve users' experience by, for example, blocking spam and thwarting firms that try to game its system.

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Vixie's tough standard for what constitutes spam centers on the "double opt-in" system.

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During a video-conference call, for example, the system might decide not to notify you that a piece of spam had arrived in your mailbox.

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