Determining email filtering type based on sender classification

A method for utilizing reputation information related to an email sender to determine email filtering type, comprising:

• retrieving reputation information related to an identified sender of an incoming email;
• classifying, from at least three unique classifications, said sender of said incoming email based on said reputation information;
• ascertaining a filtering type that corresponds to said classification of said sender of said incoming email;
• determining parameters of said filtering type;
• and
• providing said parameters to an email filter.

A computer-readable storage device having computer-executable components, comprising:

• an email accessing component configured to access an incoming email message and identify a sender of said email message;
• a reputation determining component configured to determine a reputation of said sender of said email message;
• a sender classification component configured to determine from at least three unique classifications, sender classification based on said reputation of said sender;
• and
• a filtering type determining component configured to make a determination of a type of filtering operation to be performed by an email filter on said email message based on said sender classification.