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Change the filtering level

You can change how aggressively you filter your email. For example, if you find that legitimate messages are being filtered (false positives), you can change the filtering level to be less aggressive.

1 Open the Anti-Spam page.
2 Click Spam Protection Levels.
3 Select the appropriate protection level, then click Apply.
Level Description
Minimal Most email reaches your Inbox; only messages that are known spam are filtered; more spam reaches your Inbox.
Limited Only obvious spam messages are filtered; some spam reaches your Inbox.
Balanced (recommended) Default setting. Most email messages are identified correctly; very little spam reaches your Inbox.
Aggressive Any email that resembles spam is filtered; almost no spam reaches your Inbox, but more emails are incorrectly identified as spam (false positives).
Restricted Only messages from senders in your Friends List reach your Inbox. You can also filter by the size of a message, so that only messages larger than the specified size reach your Inbox.