The location for storing unwanted email as determined by a spam filter. Also called a "junk folder" or "junk mailbox," spam folders are created by mail servers as well as by the user's email program.

A software routine that deletes incoming spam or diverts it to a "junk" mailbox (see spam folder). Also called "spam blockers," spam filters are built into a user's email program. They are also ...

Barely a day will go by where we don’t receive annoying emails with fake offers, scam attempts or unwanted newsletters that we divert straight into our junk folder ... of spam and other computer ...