Server-based anti-spam, disclaimers & more

1. Server-based anti-spam, disclaimers & more

2. GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP • GFI MailEssentials offers spam protection at server level. It also adds key email tools to your mail server: disclaimers, mail archiving and monitoring, Internet mail reporting, server-based auto replies and POP3 downloading. • GFI MailEssentials is the market-leading server-based spam solution. More than 50,000 companies worldwide use GFI MailEssentials to protect their mail servers from spam.

3. The growth & cost of spam • Spam emails will cost European companies a total of €85bn over the next four years. • – The Radicati Group, March 2004 • Daily email traffic is expected to rise above 68 billion messages per day in 2004, and more than half of it - 52% - will be spam. • – The Radicati Group, 2004 • Over 56% of business email is spam. • – Network World, December 2003 • Ferris Research has estimated that the cost of spam to a company of 10,000 workers is $1.1 million. • – November, 2003

4. 98% spam detection with Bayesian filtering • GFI MailEssentials’ Bayesian filtering technology uses advanced mathematical analysis to capture spam. It looks at the whole message, not just keywords and also considers the content of valid emails that you send (known as ‘ham’). • Bayesian filtering is widely acclaimed to be the best way to tackle spam because it: • Looks at the whole message • Adapts itself over time • Sensitive/adaptive to the company/user • Multilingual and international • Hard to trick.

5. The Bayesian spam profile can be updated automatically Downloads updates to spam profile database • GFI MailEssentials can download updates to the Bayesian spam profile database from the GFI site, ensuring that it recognizes the latest spam and spamming techniques. • GFI maintains the spam profile database by working with a number of spam collection organizations that continually supply spam samples.

6. You only need to configure anti-spam rules at server level Takes server-based approach to spam • To block spam effectively, you need a server-based anti-spam product as this: • Eliminates the deployment and administration hassle involved with desktop based products • Is cheaper to license • Prevents spam from even entering your email infrastructure.

7. GFI MailEssentials can also detect mails written in a foreign language GFI MailEssentials performs header checking • GFI MailEssentials analyzes the email header for spam practices. For example, the SMTP and MIME From: and To: fields in an email header often reveal spam mail. GFI MailEssentials also detects if the sender of the email has a valid domain.

8. List approved email senders and blacklist unwanted email senders GFI MailEssentials supports blacklists & whitelists • Blacklists – GFI MailEssentials checks if the mail sender is on a third party DNS blacklist (ORDB, SpamHaus, etc). You can also set up your own blacklist of domains and email addresses. • Whitelists – Whitelists drastically reduce false positives (a problem inherent in anti-spam software). GFI MailEssentials automatically creates a whitelist for you on the basis of the emails your company has sent.

9. Users can review spam mail in a folder in their inbox Sort spam to users’ junk mail folder • Users can review mail flagged as spam easily from their ‘junk mail’ folder. • You can also choose to delete spam, move it to a folder, or forward the spam mail to a public email address or folder.

10. GFI MailEssentials deployment • GFI MailEssentials installs on Exchange 2000/2003 Server, or • in front of any other mail server including Exchange 5.5 and Lotus Notes. • No network reconfiguration • Seamless integration with Exchange • Seamless integration with Active Directory • Can be installed on same machine as GFI MailSecurity.

11. Other GFI MailEssentials features • Disclaimers – Add legal disclaimers or corporate promotional text to each outgoing mail, based on user, domain or group. • Detailed reporting – Generate reports on how many emails each user sends and/or receives, how much mail traffic is sent and received by the mail server, how many spam mails you receive, and more.

12. Other GFI MailEssentials features • Mail monitoring – Monitor mails of a particular user or department. • Auto replies – Issue server-based personalized answers, e.g., to inform a customer who will be dealing with his request, etc. • Keyword checking – Checks for keywords in the body and subject of the email.

13. GFI MailSecurity and GFI MailEssentials are available at a special bundle price Seamless integration with • In combination with its companion product, GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP, GFI MailEssentials offers a complete solution against spam, email viruses, threats and Trojans. GFI MailSecurity and GFI MailEssentials can be installed on the same machine.

14. What our customers say • “Kudos for your folks who wrote MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP. Since we put it online, the flood of spam has dropped to a trickle. We used to be hit with about 500 MBs worth of spam a day. What’s making it past the scanner is less than 1 MB these days.” • – Richard Muniz, IT Manager, RJM Consulting, Denver, CO, USA • “I can’t applaud your GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP enough. It couldn’t have been any easier to install and use. Immediately it has reduced our spam almost completely and as it “learns” it gets better. I have made lots of friends within our company thanks to GFI.” • – Bill Honzik, Manager, Admiral Building Products, Wilmington, MA, USA • “GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP is a great program! We've tried so many, and GFI MailEssentials outperforms them all by a very wide margin, all without the extensive installation issues with Exchange. Very well done.” • – Rich Petersen, Image Information Inc., Roswell, GA, USA • Click here for more testimonials!

15. Customer list • Many leading companies have chosen GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP; • here are just a few: • NASA • European Central Bank • US Navy • MG Rover Group • Toyota • IBM • Caterpillar • PerotSystems • Fujitsu Siemens • & many more!

16. More information and downloads • Download your FREE eval copy of GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP here • Click here for a PDF brochure • For white papers on Bayesian filtering and how to keep spam off your network, click here

17. About GFI • GFI has five offices in the US, UK, Germany, Australia and Malta, and has a • worldwide network of distributors. • GFI is the developer of the market leading GFI FAXmaker, GFI MailEssentials, GFI MailSecurity, GFI MailArchiver, GFI Network Server Monitor, GFI WebMonitor and the GFI LANguard product ranges. • GFI is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has won the Microsoft Fusion • 2000 (GEM) Packaged Application Partner of the Year award. • For further information, please visit our website. • Back to first slide