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Email Content Control

Email Content Control. Stewart Duncan Technical Manager. What is ECC?. ECC protection provides a first line of defence against all email threats including: Viruses Spam Malware Denial of Service attacks Directory harvesting ECC also protects with image and content filters.

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Email Content Control

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  1. Email Content Control Stewart Duncan Technical Manager

  2. What is ECC? • ECC protection provides a first line of defence against all email threats including: • Viruses • Spam • Malware • Denial of Service attacks • Directory harvesting • ECC also protects with image and content filters.

  3. Do you have access? • ECC is provided by LGfL as part of the Email Hosting package. • Domains hosted with LGfL via the Synetrix EMH platform will have ECC switched on. • If you use a @lgfl.net email account, ECC is also active.

  4. How do I access this system? • ECC administrators will have access to teir domain rules and configuration via their Talk2Synetrix login • In some instances your LA may control this feature for you If you are unsure talk to Synetrix who manage this service for LGfL on 08700 636465 option 1

  5. What does ECC do? • When email is sent to your domain, before it reaches your Email Service it is passed via the ECC engine. It is at this stage the email is scanned. • It is at this stage before it even reaches your Inbox that the mail is scanned for: • Viruses (ECC uses 3 different virus engines. Sophos is one of these • Spam (connection management and integration of multiple best of breed filters) • Pornographic Images (Image filters that can recognise skin tones and block based on your threshold) • Dark Mail (message traffic is submitted by an attacker to numerous e-mail addresses in the hope of finding a valid target) • VS (Verify Sender)

  6. Some stats… Statistics and mail activity details are available from the web front-end for your domain. The lgfl.net domain receives about 5 million messages each month

  7. What else can ECC help do? • The ECC web front-end also offers administrators lots of different reporting functions.

  8. ECC gives you the control over your email domain You can configure additional rules to suit your school You select the level of Spam control

  9. Summary • If you use a lgfl.net email account you are already protected • If you use the Synetrix EMH platform you will have this functionality switched on • You can access your admin web front-end using your Talk2Synetrix user details (www.talk2synetrix.co.uk) • Support is available for ECC by telephone on 08700 636465 option 1 or by email servicedesk@synetrix.co.uk

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