Tag Archives: anti-spam

Spam is a headache for both users and administrators. You know the drill – the company invests in good anti-spam and anti-phishing software hoping to put an end to the unsolicited mail headache. But what happens when there’s a network …

In another victory against spammers, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has taken down the Kelihos botnet, which at the time the command and control servers were knocked offline, controlled some 41,000 infected hosts and was able to send 3.8 billion …

More and more businesses are implementing security measures to protect their networks. Antivirus software, anti-spam, email filtering and web filtering products are essential tools for every IT administrator. However, as the focus on external threats increases, very often businesses tend …

I would like to talk to you about DNS Blacklists. Most IT Administrators that deal with mail have heard of this term but some components are still unclear. This post aims to clarify these doubts and is split into 3 …

Common reasons why content updates fail in GFI MailEssentials (Part 1 of 3)There can be various reasons why one or more GFI MailEssentials Anti-Spam modules may fail to download the latest updates files or to update the local engines of …

Education is an integral part of security. Educating your employees can be an effective defence against attacks; it can also help save money in some cases. Part of your bandwidth costs is consumed by spam and as such educating employees …

GFI MailEssentials 2010 has been released today; the latest version boosts spam detection rate using greylisting and provides users with new tools for better spam email management. With the introduction of greylisting in the latest version of GFI MailEssentials, administrators …