Friday, August 1, 2008

SPAM Prevention with a SPAM Firewall

I think 7 out of every 10 emails I get every day are spam. Some people get an even higher ratio. There are hundreds of products out there to help decrease your inbox spam levels. Some work very well, some don't work well at all.

The latest product that I would recommend for medium and large businesses is the Barracuda Networks SPAM Firewall. This is a hardware device that integrates with your existing corporate email system. The SPAM Firewall is placed between your email server and the internet and all emails travel through the firewall before reaching user inboxes. Using a 12-tier filtering mechanism, all emails are analyzed and filtered based on numerous factors. Emails that are legit, simply get sent on to the receipients inbox. Emails that are tagged as spam either get deleted (only done to the most obvious spam) or sent to a user quarantine. Each user has his/ her own quarantine that they can manage. The can define safe sender lists as well as blocked sender lists.

Overall, the Barracuda Networks SPAM Firewall is an honor winning product that effectively stops 99% of spam. It is an industry leading solution that has proven to be successful in both small businesses as well as large corporations.

To find out more about the SPAM Firewall, locate your nearest Barracuda Networks Reseller.

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