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Spam continues to be a problem for end users and administrators alike. Reducing spam helps users focus on their wanted messages and helps administrators manage mail storage space.
Outlook 2003 will add some new anti-spam features, but a single solution isn't always the best approach. Using multiple anti-spam tools can help you weed out that last unwanted message. Cloudmark's SpamNet is another tool that can potentially help you get a handle of your users' messages.
The SpamNet Outlook add-in installs on the users computer and works in conjunction with Outlook to check and process messages that SpamNet determines are spam. The add-in derives a unique signature for each message and compares that signature against the SpamNet central database. If the signature exists in the database, the add-in moves the message to the Spam folder. Users can easily unblock messages that they don't consider spam.
The benefit to the SpamNet approach is that all of SpamNet's users contribute to the spam database. This provides for an adaptive approach to controlling spam, adapting to changes in the way spammers send messages. If you prefer a centralized solution that offers that same benefit, consider Cloudmark Authority, a SpamNet gateway solution that blocks spam before it reaches users' mailboxes.
For details on these products, see Cloudmark's web site at http://www.cloudmark.com/products. |
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