Spam Filter for Exchange: An Overview

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Computers )



Email is the service most used on the internet. It is used by big corporations, independent organizations and the individuals. Most people often have more than one email address. Email has fast become one of the most convenient ways to communicate with your colleagues, your classmates or your friends. The rise or email usage and reliability also gave way to the rise of spam or junk mail. A big percentage of the email you receive per day is probably spam.

Prevention is the best way to combat spam mail. Do not publish your email anywhere on the internet especially on message boards or your website. If you really have to put an email address, provide one that can be disposed once it receives junk mail. If you are already receiving spam and you do not want to dispose your email address, another option is to install anti spam filters. Spam filters block or segregate the email you receive based on your configuration.

There are several ways to filter spam. You can do it by installing a spam filter for your exchange server, on your desktop or in your gateway. Your internet service provider also has anti spam filters that block spam even before it gets to you.

Installing a spam filter for exchange means the filtering takes place on the mail server and not in the client. A spam filter for exchange often has pre-configured rules. A spam filter for exchange is relatively low cost compared to desktop spam mail filtering. There is only one application to be used and it is installed in only one server. This presents lower costs in terms of support and maintenance compared to desktop filtering. However, spam filters for exchange cannot be configured by the user. This often results in important emails getting deleted because they were mistakenly classified as spam.


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