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Managed Anti-Spam Servicess
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Anti-Spam Platform(s)
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Filters & Exceptions
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Scanned Content
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Actions & Reports
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Additional Comments
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MX Logic
on MSSP's Server
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Bayesian
and heuristic filters, checksums, clearinghouse, black / white lists
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Inbound
and Outbound SMTP, POP, IMAP, attachments
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Quarantine
and notify receiver at defined interval. Per-user reports available online
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Standalone
NW-based service
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MSSP's
SMTP Gateway delivers scanned mail to Customer'sMTA Server
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Black
/ white lists, originating IP
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Inbound
and Outbound SMTP
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Quarantine,
block, etc. Logs, reports, alerts available to admin
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NW-based
service, available alone or with other services. False Positives < 1:250,000.
Up to 90% true spam detection
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McAfee
on MSSP's Server
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Heuristic
filter, bad word list, black / white lists
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Inbound
SMTP, attachments
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Quarantine
for 2 weeks. No reports
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NW-based
service available only to existing MSSP customers
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Filters
on MSSP's MS Exchange 2000 Server
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Heuristic
filters, bad word list, black / white lists
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Inbound
and Outbound HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, POP3, POP3-SSL, IMAP, IMAP-SSL
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Quarantine
and notify sender / receiver. Logs and reports on Secure Web Portal
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NW-based
service, available alone or with other managed hosting offerings. HA option
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ISS Proventia
M-Series Security Appliances
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Black
/ white lists, Anti-Spam DB, text recognition & classification, object recognition,
keyword & URL detection
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Inbound
and Outbound SMTP, POP, IMAP, attachments
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Block
(quarantine), log, notify, trap. Logs and alerts on Customer Portal
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Available
only as Managed Firewall option, hosted at customer or provider. Anti-Spam
database of blocked senders / domains created by Web crawlers
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McAfee,
F-Secure, Vfind, Message Labs Skeptic
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Heuristic
filters with detection based on threat scoring. No exceptions noted
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Inbound
and Outbound SMTP, POP
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No actions
noted. Logs and reports on Customer Portal
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NW-based
service, available alone or with Managed Firewall, IDS, IPS service
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SonicWALL,
WatchGuard Gateway E-mail Spam Filter
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Heuristic
filters, bad word list, black / white list
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Inbound
and Outbound SMTP
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Quarantine
or tag. Logs and reports via FTP, Web, or e-mail
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Available
alone or with Managed firewall, IDS, IPS service. Gateway can be deployed
at customer or provider
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Sophos
or proprietary AV on MSSP's SMTP Gateway
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Heuristic
filters, white lists
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Inbound
SMTP
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Boolean
and Score Tags. No quarantine or reporting
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NW-based
service, based on e-mail relay, available to all MSSP customers
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MSSP's
Server
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Bayesian
and heuristic filters, black / white lists
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Inbound
SMTP
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Quarantine
and notify. Logs and reports via secure Web
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CPE-based
service, sold with AVe
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CipherTrust,
TrendMicro on CPE Server
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Bayesian
and heuristic filters, black / white lists
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Inbound
SMTP
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Quarantine
and notify. Logs and reports via secure Web
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CPE-based
service, sold with AV
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MessageLabs
on MSSP's Server
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Bayesian
and heuristic filters, black / white lists
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Inbound
SMTP
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Same as
above
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NW-based
service, sold with AV
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MSSP's
Mail Server
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Heuristic
filters, black lists. No exceptions noted
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Inbound
SMTP, POP, IMAP, attachments
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Quarantine,
with e-mail notification
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Standalone
NW-based service, using 3-stage filter (proprietary black list, fingerprinting,
scoring) to block > 90% spam
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