- Accurate
Identification of Spam
BayBiz Security utilizes multiple methods to pierce the
disguises used by professional spammers:
* Sender Address
Verification. Messages are tested to determine if they
come from legitimate email addresses.
* Real-time Black
hole
Lists (RBLs). Email addresses are checked against
databases of known spammers.
* Header Analysis. The
header section of emails are checked for false or altered
information and addresses with invalid characters (such as
!, %, /, |)
* Body Analysis
(Heuristics). Words and word patterns typical of spam are
identified.
* Whitelist and
Blacklist. The administrator can list email sources known
to be legitimate and illegitimate.
The results of all tests are incorporated in a "spam
score" that indicates the probability that the
message is unsolicited.
Management Control
Administrators can tune spam protection to balance
stringent blocking against the risk of missing legitimate
messages. Options include:
* Enabling or
disabling tests.
* Creating local
whitelists and blacklists.
* Taking actions based
on "spam score" thresholds.
* Specifying that
suspect messages should be:
- o
Dropped
o Rejected and
error notification returned to the sender
o Passed through
to the recipient with a warning message
o Quarantined for
later evaluation and disposition
Performance
and Simplicity
BayBiz Security integrates spam protection with the firewall
and virus scanning. This improves performance and simplifies
ongoing management:
* Performing spam testing,
virus scanning and packet filtering on the same system
eliminates delays vectoring files to separate systems.
* Local whitelists,
blacklists and network configurations can be entered just once
and shared by all of BayBiz security applications.
* Reports track statistics
on email messages processed, their size and spam score, and
the number of viruses found.
Working with the Email Server
BayBiz Security can add headers to email messages so that a
recipient email application can take specific actions, such as
sending suspicious email messages to a "spam" folder
on an email user's desktop. Information added to email headers
can include:
* A spam flag
* The "spam
score"
* Expression match (flag
that the message contains suspicious text)
* RBL warning (flag that
the message comes from a domain identified in a Real-time
Blackhole List)
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