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Email Anti Spam And Virus Protection For Businesses - There Is Hope
With anti spam vendors offering low cost licensing, businesses
can now afford advanced email spam and virus protection with a
simple to use interface at a much lower cost. The great thing
about technology is that as it evolves it gets faster,
additional features and economical. Over the past few years the
same evolution has taken place with anti spam technology and
services. In large part this can be attributed to the open
source software community plus enterprising companies enhancing
the capabilities of this software and packaging it into easy to
use anti spam appliances.
It is not practical to have anti spam software running on
desktops in a networked business environment. Managing all
employee junk email software at the desktop is not realistic. It
can be a nightmare and costly in terms time and licensing.
Spam appliances sit in front of your email server so that when
email comes in it will first go to the spam appliance and the
email will be scanned for spam as well as viruses. The filter
will block the message if it identified as know spam. If the
filter is not sure if the email is genuine it will quarantine
and hold the email at the filter and it will be stored until the
recipient deletes it, releases it to their email box, or they
can white list a trusted correspondent so that future emails
will not be held back. This will greatly reduce the load on your
email server and reduce your bandwidth needs. We have seen anti
spam systems block up to 83% of incoming messages. This could
help extend the life of your email server and push back the need
for upgraded capacity.
Most virus outbreaks occur via email and for little cost an
appliance can block viruses before they reach your network and
user's inboxes. This provides an extra layer of defense in
addition to your current anti virus solution.
Businesses have two options if they use an appliance based
solution for their spam and virus control. They can purchase and
administer their own filter. This is a good option if you have a
large number of employee mailboxes to protect and the technical
staff to administer the spam appliance. Businesses also have the
option to outsource their spam control as a hosted service. This
is a good choice for smaller companies and if information
technology is not your
specialty.
If you purchase your own spam filter, a subscription to updates
may also be required. Make sure you get upfront pricing for the
add-ons that you will need. If you have more than 100 email
users and the technical staff to maintain the spam appliance,
buying your own filter may be your best option. Generally the
basic model will work for most organizations. Large
organizations with thousands of users will require a spam filter
appliance with increases capacity and features. Spam appliances
are designed to work with all mail systems but some do have
specific enhancements for Exchange server Microsoft's popular
collaboration software and mail servers that support LDAP (light
weight directory access protocol). Spam appliances use the LDAP
protocol to verify recipients before delivering messages to your
email server, this avoids consuming server resources.
If your business has five to one hundred employees, then an
outsourced anti spam and
virus filter service is going to be a good economical choice
for your organization. Fees are based on the number of users and
you only pay for what you use. You will not have hardware to
buy, maintain, and upgrade. The upfront cost is minimal and most
email filtering providers will let you try the service for free
at first. Another added benefit to outsourcing your spam control
is redundancy. It is important that you choose a provider that
has their spam and virus filters collocated at secure interne
t data center facilities. Data centers provide redundant
network connections and power, so if your email server or
internet connection is down unexpectedly the spam appliance will
hold your email until your email server becomes available, minus
spam and viruses.
Anti spam technology is constantly improving and the costs are
getting lower. With increased productivity and an added layer of
defense against virus attacks, an anti spam appliance or service
is something your business can not afford to be without.
About the author:
John Tourloukis is the founder of Fast PC Networks a Houston computer
service and internet consulting company, we use technology
to drive your business
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