Yahoo! Inc., Santa Clara, CA, has initiated Spamguard, a few feature for Yahoo! Mail, to reduce unsolicited commercial e-mail.
Spamguard, developed at Yahoo!, reportedly detects large quantities of unsolicited mail and directs it to a “bulk mail” folder. The service, free to subscribers, was developed as a direct result of user’s feedback regarding unwanted mail. Spamguard offers users the ability to notify the company is they feel mail has been misdirected.