Sendmail unveils enterprise anti-spam protection

By Simon Aughton

Posted on 6 Jun 2003 at 13:12

Enterprise email specialists Sendmail has begun shipping its Sendmail Advanced Anti-Spam Filter software for Linux- and Solaris-based Internet gateways.

The Advanced Anti-Spam Filter has been 'trained' with 'tens of thousands' of messages to identify spam accurately, and analyses the entire message, including headers, subject line, body text and 200 attachment types. System administrators can then apply their own specific email policy configurations to the Filter, which can be customised for each individual email user within the enterprise by creating custom rules based on its linguistic full text analysis engine. Content such as offensive language, sexually explicit content and hate mail can also be blocked.

In addition to blocking spam, enterprises can use the software to append watermarks or legal disclaimers to mail and prevent offensive content from being circulated within the enterprise. Real-time alerts for individual policy violations, comprehensive Web reporting and wizards to simplify policy-setting and customisation are also included.

'Everyone has a different definition of spam. To complicate this further, these definitions evolve over time as spammers employ new tricks and users' requirements change,' said Greg Olson, Sendmail chairman and co-founder. 'Even the most sophisticated anti-spam solutions often don't take this into account. Because our filter is policy-based and can be fully integrated into the email infrastructure, it can evolve along with our customers' needs to help them beat spam in the long-term.'

Further details on Sendmail Advanced Anti-Spam Filter are available at www.sendmail.com.