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Web & Mail Security
Anti-spam Solution for Exchange/SMTP/Lotus
- 10-24 Mailboxes - $21.00 per Mailbox
The #1 Anti-spam Solution Used by 80,000+ Customers, Worldwide
The most effective way to beat spammers at their game is to use the #1 anti-spam solution, GFI MailEssentials™. We have over 80,000 customers, worldwide, and have won over 60 awards.
GFI MailEssentials features not one, but two anti-spam engines to give administrators an ultra high spam capture rate out-of-the-box with minimal configuration. Not only does it have one of the highest spam capture rates in the industry, over 99%, but it is also the market leader for reducing false positives and ships at the best price available.
The latest version includes SpamRazer™; an additional anti-spam engine that provides a second layer of protection. It has been designed for ease-of-use and, due to frequent updates, SpamRazer needs no tweaking to be fully effective in filtering the latest spam attacks such as NDR spam, CNN spam, MSNBC spam and many more.
Not only will administrators benefit from out-of-the-box filtering but also they will gain protection from each new attack without the need to tweak GFI MailEssentials. With SpamRazer filtering, IP reputation filtering, Bayesian filtering and other advanced anti-spam technologies, our spam capture rate is over 99%. GFI MailEssentials has a market-leading low rate of false positives, ensuring the safety of important emails.
We will detect and block phishing emails as well as adding email management tools to your mail server including: disclaimers, mail monitoring, Internet mail reporting, list server, server-based auto replies and POP3 downloading.
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Why Choose GFI MailEssentials as Your Anti-spam Filter?
- #1 server anti-spam software at an unbeatable price
- Over 80,000 installations and over 60 awards
- Highest spam detection rate (over 99%) by its two anti-spam engines
- Ultra low rate of false positives
- Support for the industry leading messaging platforms including Microsoft Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007 and Lotus Domino
Features
Top Features
- SpamRazerTM: an additional anti-spam engine boosting capture rate
- Automatic whitelist management to reduce false positives
- Multiple anti-spam technologies including Bayesian and IP filtering
- Eliminates hard to catch NDR, MSNBC and CNN spam
- Precise real-time dashboard
Other Features
- Server-based anti-spam and anti-phishing
- Downloads updates to spam profile database
- Protect your users against the menace of phishing emails
- Sort spam to users' junk mail folders
- List server for newsletter lists and discussion lists
- Easy tuning of the Bayesian engine via public folders
- Allow users to whitelist or blacklist via public folders
- Email header analysis and keyword checking
- Third party DNS blacklists (DNSBL) checking
- Support for multiple third party SURBL servers
- Automatic whitelist management reduces false positives
- Instant view of emails from new senders
- Eliminates directory harvesting
- Reports on spam filtering and email usage
- Support for SPF – the Sender Policy Framework
- Set priorities for each anti-spam module
- Company-wide disclaimer/footer/header text
- Email monitoring
- Email archiving to a SQL database
- Seamless integration with Exchange Server, Lotus Domino and other SMTP servers
- Support for virtual environments
- …and more.
Screenshots
Product Tour / Webcast
GFI MailEssentials™ QuickVid
Duration: 2:30
In under three minutes, this video highlights the key pain points and issues that are solved by using GFI MailEssentials while providing a quick product overview.
GFI MailEssentials Presentation
Duration: 10:35
This presentation gives an introduction to GFI MailEssentials together with the problems that spam emails and phishing attacks can cause.
GFI MailEssentials Product Demonstration
Duration: 23.09
This presentation outlines how GFI MailEssentials protects from spam emails and phishing attacks; as well as demonstrating some of the software's functions, installation and configuration guides.
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Product Details
GFI MailEssentialsTM provides the anti-spam, anti-phishing and email management solution that you need. It is estimated that between 75% and 90% of all email is generated by spammers. Junk mail is constantly evolving to bypass filters and to trick people into clicking on embedded links and images, with serious consequences.
The best approach to this problem is to install a server-based anti-spam solution. GFI MailEssentials filters over 99% of all junk mail before it reaches the mail server. Over 80,000 customers are using GFI Software’s multiple filtering technologies to thoroughly check for and filter inbound email of spam. Why not try it for yourself?
GFI MailEssentials Pricing
All prices shown are per Mailbox and are exclusive of tax.
| Description | Main Price (inc. 1 year SMA) |
Additional Mailboxes | Version Upgrade (inc. 1 year SMA) |
SMA Renewal for 1 year |
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| 10-24 Mailboxes | $ 21.00 | $ 19.00 | $ 15.50 | $ 9.20 |
| 25-49 Mailboxes | $ 17.00 | $ 15.00 | $ 13.00 | $ 7.90 |
| 50-99 Mailboxes | $ 14.00 | $ 13.00 | $ 9.75 | $ 5.55 |
| 100-249 Mailboxes | $ 11.00 | $ 10.00 | $ 7.25 | $ 3.95 |
| 250-499 Mailboxes | $ 10.00 | $ 9.00 | $ 6.10 | $ 3.10 |
| 500-999 Mailboxes | $ 7.00 | $ 6.00 | $ 4.30 | $ 2.20 |
| 1000-2999 Mailboxes | $ 6.00 | $ 5.50 | $ 3.50 | $ 1.70 |
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For more information please see the pricing notes below:
GFI MailEssentials forms part of 2 bundles, GFI MailDefense SuiteTM and GFI EmailProtection SuiteTM. Click Here to view bundle pricing.
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Awards/Reviews
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GFI MailEssentials: Excellent anti-spam solution for SMBs
-In a review of GFI MailEssentials™ on Brighthub.com, reviewer Tom Olzak says the product is “an excellent solution for stopping spam from reaching employee mailboxes and for combating phishing”. He comments positively on the feature set, adding that “although not as hands-off as an appliance- or service-based solution, GFI MailEssentials is very easy to manage if you have on-site IT staff. Other than the auto-stop for licensing issues, I couldn't find anything I didn't like.” - Brighthub.com, November 2008
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GFI MailEssentials wins Readers Choice Award
-For the fourth year running, GFI MailEssentials™, an anti-spam and anti-phishing solution, has won the MSExchange.org Readers’ Choice Award in the Exchange Server Anti-Spam category. The Reader’s Choice Awards give visitors to the MSExchange.org site the opportunity to vote for the products they view as the very best in their respective category. GFI MailEssentials can be installed on a Microsoft Exchange server or SMTP gateway and stops over 98% of spam. - MSExchange.org, August 2008
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GFI MailEssentials: Protect Your SMTP or Exchange Servers from Viruses and SPAM
-In a review on About.com’s Business Security section, Ryan Groom finds GFI MailEssentials™, an anti-spam and anti-phishing solution at server level, to be “a simple yet highly effective tool that belongs in any organization that looks after its own email solutions. GFI Mail Essentials is cost effective, simple to use and most importantly reliable”. He also adds that he was “pleasantly surprised with the simplistic yet highly functional product”. The review gives the product 4.5 out of 5 stars. - About.com, June 2008
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GFI MailEssentials wins Editor's Choice Award 2008
-GFI MailEssentials™ has won the Editor’s Choice Award 2008 from Communications Week magazine. The magazine (pg 32 of the 18 February 2008 issue) said that the product “is the perfect way for a company to manage spam with detection and quarantine capabilities that is rock solid”. - Communications Week, February 2008
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GFI MailEssentials wins Global Product Excellence Award
-GFI has been awarded the Global Product Excellence Award for GFI MailEssentials™ in the anti-spam category. The awards, organized by Infosecurity Products Guide, recognize and honor excellence in all areas of information security. GFI beat off stiff competition from McAfee, PineApp Corp., St. Bernard Software and Engate Technology Group. - Infosecurity Products Guide, February 2008
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98% spam detection rate for GFI MailEssentials
-GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP has been awarded the Checkmark Anti-Spam Premium Certificate for staying “ahead of competitive products”. The product obtained a 98% spam detection rate which was above the Checkmark requirements and also achieved “a 100% valid email identification rate; ensuring that no legitimate email was blocked”. Other product benefits included low system requirements with the set-up process being described as “remarkably fast and pain-free”. - West Coast Labs, January 2007
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GFI MailEssentials wins IT Week Magazine’s ‘Editor’s Choice’ award
-IT Week Magazine, a digital publication, has selected GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP as the 2007 Editor’s Choice winner for significantly cutting down on spam as well as for its pricing and functionality. “If your company is looking for an effective method to distinctly cut down on spam in an effective manner, then you’ll want to check out GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP. You can expect the software to block more than 98% of all spam email that attempts to reach corporate users,” the magazine said. It added that the product is quite easy to install and highlighted the benefit that it can be installed on Microsoft’s Exchange or any other SMTP server. - IT Week Magazine, January 2007
Case Studies/Testimonials
Over 80,000 companies have chosen GFI MailEssentials™. Here are just a few from the US, Canada, Europe and more.
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Check out What Our Customers Have To Say about GFI MailEssentials
Hereford College of Arts
Hereford College of Arts is an Art, Design and Performing Arts College in the West Midlands. Having noticed a remarkable increase in the amount of spam that was getting into the college email system and which, in turn, was detracting users from their work, Hereford College of Arts decided to implement an anti-spam solution to counter this problem. Having heard positive reviews about GFI MailEssentials they trialed it for a short period of time and installed the full version having seen the positive results that it offered. Read the Case Study
Trussbilt
Trussbilt is an American company that supplies security installations at most US detention facilities. They are also suppliers to foreign countries and have a commercial line that provides protection from security threats. When the company changed owners they immediately saw the need to implement an email and internet access plan as well as provide the required infrastructure to protect data that was confidential and critical to company operations. Read the Case Study
Awards and reviews
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98% spam detection rate for GFI MailEssentials
GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP has been awarded the Checkmark Anti-Spam Premium Certificate for staying “ahead of competitive products”. The product obtained a 98% spam detection rate which was above the Checkmark requirements and also achieved “a 100% valid email identification rate; ensuring that no legitimate email was blocked”. Other product benefits included low system requirements with the set-up process being described as “remarkably fast and pain-free”. - West Coast Labs, January 2007
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GFI MailEssentials wins IT Week Magazine’s ‘Editor’s Choice’ award
IT Week Magazine, a digital publication, has selected GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP as the 2007 Editor’s Choice winner for significantly cutting down on spam as well as for its pricing and functionality. “If your company is looking for an effective method to distinctly cut down on spam in an effective manner, then you’ll want to check out GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP. You can expect the software to block more than 98% of all spam email that attempts to reach corporate users,” the magazine said. It added that the product is quite easy to install and highlighted the benefit that it can be installed on Microsoft’s Exchange or any other SMTP server. - IT Week Magazine, January 2007
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GFI MailEssentials wins Redmond Editors' Choice Awards 2005
Redmond magazine's panel of experts have named GFI MailEssentials™ as the winner of the anti-spam category in the publication of their annual Editors' Choice Awards 2005. Judge Dave Tschanz singled out GFI MailEssentials for medium- to large-sized networks and praised the Bayesian filtering system, saying that it "works particularly well". He was also impressed with GFI's customer service and described the website as "exceptional" as well as being "easy to use" and containing "extraordinarily useful information". - Redmond magazine, November 2005
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Windows Server 2003 certification for GFI MailEssentials
GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP has achieved the Windows Server 2003 certification from Microsoft Corp through VeriTest. This certification is based on an established technical standard to identify software applications that are secure and manageable, and that run reliably on the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. GFI MailEssentials met these rigorous requirements after being tested by VeriTest: ”This certification through VeriTest provides GFI customers added confidence in their purchase of GFI MailEssentials,” said Katrina Teague, Vice President of Marketing and Solutions at VeriTest. - VeriTest, July 2005
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GFI MailEssentials 7 named Editors' Choice 2002
MCP Magazine reviewer David W. Tschanz selected GFI MailEssentials™ for Exchange/SMTP 7 in a suite with GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP as the winner of the publication's Editor's Choice award 2002. Read the full review (PDF format) - Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine, December 2002
Product News
GFI products help UK charity to meet email compliance laws and to tackle spam - April 24, 2009 - The Thistle Foundation, a UK charity, installs GFI MailEssentials and GFI MailArchiver to combat spam and keep an copy of every email. Read More
GFI MailEssentials now available in Spanish and Italian - April 02, 2009 - GFI Software has announced that its award-winning anti-spam and anti-phishing product, GFI MailEssentials is now available in Spanish and Italian. Read More
Established New Zealand printers combat viruses and spam using GFI MailSecurity and GFI MailEssentials - January 16, 2009 - Faced with a growing threat from spam and viruses, New Zealand printers Pronto Print Solutions Ltd installed GFI MailEssentials and GFI MailSecurity. Described as two fantastic products that have "made the company's life a lot simpler and easier", the company's general manager explains why in a case study released by GFI today. Read More