If you are reading this article, you are probably unfortunately being targeted by spammers. The article below provides information on how Kinamo ensures that customers using our e-mail infrastructure are protected from spam. If you have another provider for e-mail, there are other steps to follow.

Spam and junk e-mails are an ever-increasing problem. Kinamo takes various measures to protect your inbox from spam, but it is still a shared responsibility. Both our technical filters and your own vigilance play a role in reducing unwanted e-mails.

How does Kinamo protect your e-mail from spam?

Kinamo implements several layers of security to filter spam and protect your email account:

• Server-level spam filtering: All incoming emails are scanned by advanced spam filters that use patterns, blacklists (blacklists) and content analysis to identify and block suspicious messages. This is done using tools such as SpamAssassin and Bayes filters, which are constantly updated to recognize new spam techniques.
• Virus scanning and malware detection: All emails are checked for malicious files and links so that potential threats are stopped early.
• Online checks via Razor and Pyzor, DCC and Spamhaus: Every message sent to you will be rigorously checked by our anti-spam software. Publicly accessible lists, filters and certain rules will be used to determine if the message that was attempted to be sent to you could potentially come across as "unwanted.

If an e-mail is deemed spam by our security measures, the message will be forwarded to you unchanged, but the following line will appear in the subject line: [Kinamo SPAM Filter]

This allows you to easily see what is spam in your e-mail program and then delete these e-mails. In this article you will find more information on how to have all emails with the notification Kinamo SPAM Filter entered into a separate folder, so that they are no longer in the list of desired incoming emails.

Despite this advanced security, no system can provide 100% protection. Therefore, it is important that you remain vigilant yourself.

What can you do yourself to limit spam?

• Share your email address carefully: Avoid sharing your email address publicly on websites, forums and social media.
  Use a secondary email address or a temporary address for registrations and online registrations to protect your primary email address from spam.
  Contact us if you want to create multiple email addresses on your domain for extra protection.
• Be alert to suspicious emails: Do not open emails from unknown senders and do not click on suspicious links or attachments.
  Always check the sender address and be alert to unusual requests or misspellings in the email.
  Do not respond to spam messages as this confirms that your email address is active, which can lead to even more spam.
• Report spam and phishing: Report suspicious emails and phishing messages to Safeonweb
  Discover more helpful tips and how to report suspicious emails here and here.

By combining Kinamo's technical protection and your own caution, you can minimize the impact of spam and make your email environment safer. Despite this advanced security, no system can provide 100% protection. Therefore, it is important that you remain vigilant yourself.

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For spam, prevention is better than cure. An e-mail address known to spammers is difficult to keep completely spam-free. The above tips will certainly help to reduce the amount of spam.

If you can't figure it out yourself or would like advice on which mail solution is best for you, you can always contact us.