Barracuda or Postini SPAM filtering
I HATE SPAM. I am getting tons of it, even on my new domain name I have only had running for half a year. So I started researching, how did I get on a spamers list? Here are a few ways that your e-mail address/domain can get found:
- Putting the address on a webpage, in an HTML mailto: link.
- Posting to Craigslist, replying to a question and/or reponding to a fake ad.
- Putting an addess on a Yahoo Group
- Posting a comment on a public website
- Opting out of an illicit opt-out list
- Posting to a newsgroup
- posting on a mailing list
- An account that was only publicised in the Hotmail directory and Internet White pages
- Signing up for a non-reputable website, mailing list…..goforcheapvacations.com, etc
So the question is not how do I make sure my address never gets SPAMMED, the questions is how do I block and protect my address once it does get SPAMMED. RackWire.com has two best of breed offerings it pairs with it’s web hosting and e-mail hosting packages:
Postini Anti Spam is an industry leader in message management: filtering unsolicited junk mail and halting possible threats, while providing easy-to-use management controls and archiving. Postini is the most comprehensive, most flexible, and most trusted anti-spam and anti-virus management solution on the market today. Postini is priced at a per account basis, at $1/mo per mailbox, but gives each user a Postini Login.
The Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall is an integrated hardware and software solution designed to protect your email server from spam, virus, spoofing, phishing and spyware attacks. It leverages 12 comprehensive defense layers to provide industry-leading defense capabilities for any email server. Barracuda Spam Filtering is at a per domain pricing of $5/mo per domain and does not give a web login to each user.
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