[THIN] Re: Free Anti-Spam Service
- From: "Chris Lynch" <lynch00@xxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:23:33 -0700
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Quite interesting. We here use, recommend, and sell MXLogic service.
It's not free, but it is very effective in what it does.
I'm curious to think what most consultants/VARs say about using a
Spam/AV service rather than an internal product (i.e. TrendMicro IMSS
or Symantec AV/Spam Gateway, etc).
Chris
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> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Reese
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> Subject: [THIN] Free Anti-Spam Service
>
> I apologize if this is a re-post. I just saw it tonight and
> thought some of you would find it interesting or have
> customers who will find it interesting.
>
> Greg
>
> from zdnet news:
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/2110-1009_22-5432614.html
>
> Netriplex is targeting a free version of its e-mail anti-spam
> service at small businesses.
>
> The service, which pre-filters e-mail before it reaches the
> customer's gateway, is 98 percent effective at eliminating
> spam and viruses and produces few false positives, according
> to Netriplex.
>
> The 24/7 service uses multiple gateway filters that are
> updated every few seconds for known spam signatures. Each
> inbound e-mail is compared to the SPAMsig database. The
> company claimed an average delay of less than one second on
> each e-mail.
>
> E-mail messages that contain viruses are quarantined, and
> senders are notified. The VIRUSsig network is updated with
> the most recent virus definitions every few minutes. The
> virus scanner unpacks and scans archive files as well as
> uncompressed ones.
>
> If the customer's mail server becomes unavailable, Netriplex
> stores e-mail for up to seven days, after which it can
> forward to another location. Storage is only for disaster
> recovery purposes, and customer e-mail is deleted after that
> period. Netriplex does not read, copy, distribute, or alter
> e-mail beyond filtering for unwanted content.
>
> Netriplex anti-spam is rapidly deployed by modification of
> the MX records for the domain. Customer administrators
> control the aggressiveness of the service, as well as many
> mail management properties for inbound and outbound mail and
> virus scanning. The Web interface includes controls for
> blacklisting, whitelisting, image management, attachment
> management, message stamping, corporate policy enforcement
> and other features. A reporting utility shows statistics
> related to the customer domain.
>
> Quarantined spam can be viewed, and the administrator can
> receive daily e-mail reports on what has been caught.
>
> Jonathan Hoppe, chief technology officer, said that offering
> the free service should help increase Netriplex's global
> e-mail volume and thus give access to more spam, allowing the
> system to refine itself further.
>
> The free service covers one domain and 5,000 inbound e-mails
> per month to unlimited e-mail addresses, uses McAfee virus
> scanning, and offers e-mail support during business hours.
> More extensive services - covering more domains and incoming
> e-mails -- are available for monthly fees.
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