question regarding spam protection

[remicco 0]

Hello,

 

My only email client that I've been using is MS Outlook 2013.

 

Is it recommended to run Outlook 2013 with its built-in email junk filter enabled together with ESET Smart Security's (v8.0) spam protection activated? Will there be no incompatibility resulting in an even higher amount of spam coming into my mailbox?

 

I'd be grateful for a reliable answer.

 

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remicco

 

 

PS: All my mail accounts are IMAP accounts (mostly of Gmail).

Edited December 10, 2014 by remicco

[remicco 0]

No one knows the answer?

[sdalgl72 6]

I personally disable the built in filter in Outlook.  Comes down to personal preference I would of thought

[remicco 0]

OK. Thank you. I wasn't sure if they aren't conflicting with each other or so.

[Arakasi 549]

Threats will still be detected on the ports they come in on by TCP/IP or UDP.

You dont need the plug in actually installed in the client.

[Marcos 5,458]

I wouldn't recommend disabling any of the protection modules, including email client plug-ins. ESET's plug-ins shouldn't clash with built-in junk filters.

[rugk 397]

Yes AFAIK it can only get better when both spam filters are enabled.

Maybe in this case a mail is detected by ESET's spam filter and Outlooks spam filter too, but who cares? It will be just moved into the spam directory by the module which is "faster".

 

So just think of it as a "two-layer protection".

Edited December 20, 2014 by rugk