Exchange Spam Blocker
Spam is a reality of the Internet, but not all users suffer from it at the same extent. Business owners have difficulties with identifying real messages from interested prospects from unsolicited mails. Software companies have come with solutions in the form of anti-spam programs meant to detect and delete over 90% of junk mail. Released by Microsoft in May 2004, the Exchange spam blocker is a smart tool designed for mailbox protection. The target market for this product consists of individual users and companies that receive unsolicited commercial emails in very large numbers.
Microsoft Smart Screen technology stays at the basis of the Exchange spam blocker as it is essential for the identification of the nature of the message. Starting from this option that allows one to determine which incoming email is spam, the user may stop the access of unsolicited mail messages at the gateway or at the mailbox. Initially there were tools that pre-dated the release of Exchange spam blocker. At present, Microsoft no longer provides updates for the former intelligent filters, in a clustered environment. The current version of the Exchange spam blocker is capable of stopping spam in the tracks, allowing for good business development.
The Exchange spam blocker relies on a combination of techniques meant to identify the messages that could be spam; thus, other than the use of the Bayes filter, the tool scans the messages for spam keywords and analyzes the spam headers. After the identification of the spam messages, it is up to the computer user to decide whether to keep or delete the messages. There are models of the Exchange spam blocker that actually inform a sender whether his or her message has been treated as spam despite its inherent legitimacy. Plus, the advantages of preventing spam on the server before downloading into the computer are manifold: there is no malware unauthorized installation or virus attacks.
All in all, the Exchange spam blocker can support all the small business and personal operations conducted via email. An issue with the 2003 version of the blocker used to be the impossibility to export or import blocked messages or send domains. One further inconvenience is that the user has no clue about how much spam gets blocked and how well filters are functioning. It is important to check the settings and learn about the best operational mode in order to optimize the usage of your anti-spam defenses.
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