email scanning

Automated message review

Email scanning is the automated examination of email content, typically by software that checks for spam, malware, or policy violations.

Corporate systems scan for sensitive data leaving the organization.

Email providers scan to filter junk mail or target advertising.

Security software scans attachments for viruses: The attachment was flagged during email scanning.

Related

filter · attachment · malware · phishing · virus · zero day · data breach · security · header · subject · sender · read receipt · quarantine · firewall · suspicious · threat · archive · flag

Opposites
depth of reading

email scanningclose reading

Detailed textual analysis

slow reading · critical reading

automation vs. human action

email scanninghuman review

Evaluation by a person

surveillance/access mode

email scanningemail encryption

Scrambling electronic correspondence for privacy

email privacy · end-to-end encryption · private messaging · secure messaging · private correspondence

Family

email, scanning, e-mail, mail, mailed, mailing, mailer, mailbox, mailman

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Everyday, not technical · Rated G