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YahELite's Spam Filters


Spammers are everywhere. We have all been annoyed with the marketing attempts of spammers in our e-mailboxes. In chat we see the marketing attempts some call 'bots' which annoy nearly everyone but are easy to cleanse from our screens using YahELite's ignore filters. Spammers in chat are not just advertisers, they are chatters who annoy either accidentally or purposefully by their method and style of posting. Their intent does not really matter, what matters is if their posts annoy you.

Spam filters are used to block an entire post from a chatter, without ignoring the chatter. YahELite offers many filtering options. The best way to learn about them is to experiment and try different settings and combinations until you find the level of filtering that is right for you.


Quick and Easy filtering using the Entropy Filters.
YahELite Entropy Filters in basic and expert levels
The three entropy buttons give a choice of Mild, Medium, or Strong filter levels. You can also choose to not use any of the entropy filters. Entropy filters can be changed on the fly without opening a new window and for most chatters the level of protection they provide is sufficient. The light filter level (Green) will filter out only the worst of the text floods. The strong filter level (Red) will filter out repeated text, floods and is very useful if the room is under attack. Private messages will not be received if the strong filter level is enabled!

Hint: If the toolbar is not visible, click the tab labeled "Tools" in the Tabbar. If the Tools tab is not visible it means your level is set to "Basic" Please see the Change Levels Tutorial Page for an directions on how to change levels.


Customize Filter Options: Click Options in the menu and then choose Spam Filters from the list. The example below is using the Expert level. If you are using the basic level you will not see as many items in the tabbar, menu and options List. The Spam Filter Window is the same for both user levels.
Menu-Option-Spam Filter


Explore all the features. Notice that YahELite users have the option (1) to filter the text or to ignore chatters who post text that match phrases listed in the filtered text box.
Options-Spam Filter

A list of words you can copy and paste into your spam filter can be found here www.yahelite.org/spamfilter/
Remember it is up to you to choose if you want the chatter who has posted the text to be ignored, or just have the post filtered.

Timed Spam Filter Hint: On the left side of the Spam Filter Window are the timed filters. Most spam bots come in, post their ads and then leave. You can adjust the timespan for the timed filters. For instance, if you have the Enable timed spam filter set for 17 seconds and if you have www., in your list of words in the timed filters, people who come in and post a website during the first 17 seconds they are in the room will be filtered but people who have been in the room longer than 17 seconds before posting a website will be able to.

Note: If you do not have any of the entropy filter buttons pressed in and you open the Spam Filter Window, your filter level will be set at the mild (green button will be pressed in) level. If the yellow or red buttons were pressed in when you opened the Spam Window the level will not be changed when the window is closed.

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