It is possible to reduce the impact of SPAM by upto 98% by using an intelligent Anti SPAM solution. SPAM is an issue that impacts on every business by forcing businesses to consume time and resources dealing with SPAM a daily basis. This can add to the cost of running your business by reducing the efficiency of your staff.

It is possible to reduce the impact of SPAM by upto 98% by using an intelligent Anti SPAM solution.

SPAM looks set to be a major annoyance for business into the future and predictions for 2007 expect SPAM levels to increase.

Hotmix Group believes that while this prospect may be disappointing, SPAM can be relegated to nothing more than a background noise. To achieve this Hotmix Group can deploy a comprehensive Anti SPAM Solution for any business with 5 to 100 or more users.

Hotmix Group Anti SPAM solutions remove SPAM from the users email program Inbox by filtering all incoming email messages at the server for indications of SPAM. Messages that are identified as SPAM are tagged and redirected to the users Junk Mail folder.

From here the user can review SPAM messages for false positives* and retrieve any incorrectly tagged messages.

Intelligent Anti SPAM Solutions
Hotmix Group's intelligent Anti SPAM Solution has the ability to learn from users what is and isn't SPAM. While it is possible to mis-identify a message as SPAM, the occasions this occurs are rare. When they do occur they are known as a false positive. It is also possible that a SPAM message may get through, especially if the SPAM is a new type of SPAM.

Learning the Ropes
Hotmix Group enables your users to teach the Anti SPAM system which messages are SPAM and which are not. If a message gets through that is clearly SPAM, users can move that email message into an mail folder^ that the Anti SPAM system reads from each day. The Anti SPAM system then assesses the email message and records that messages key criteria for future reference. The next time a message of that type appears, the Anti SPAM system will recognise that message and tag it as SPAM.

WhiteLists / Black Lists
Similarly Hotmix Group's intelligent Anti SPAM system can learn that a message it thinks is SPAM is actually not SPAM. In this way, any messages that the system thinks is a SPAM message can be moved into a second mail folder which the system reads from. All messages in this folder are taken to be allowed and the Anti SPAM systems adjusts its filters accordingly.

This is known as a WhiteList.

BlackLists are systems where by an email address or and email domain are explicitly blocked by the intelligent Anti Spam System. In this way a business can block all email messages sent from specific locations such as hotmail.com or an individual. e.g. someone@com.com.

Global Support
Not only does Hotmix Group's Intelligent Anti SPAM solution have the ability to learn the specific needs of your email communications it has the ability to learn of new SPAM threats through link to multiple major SPAM databases worldwide.

Outbreak Monitoring
As is common with high quality effective IT security solutions, Hotmix Group's intelligent Anti SPAM system is able to identify potential new outbreaks. Using the global network, when a high number of suspect email messages are reported globally with in a short time frame intelligent Anti SPAM systems can quarantine those suspect messages until a complete identification has been made.

How does this Help?
Many thousands of organisations throughout the world subscribe to these major SPAM databases to provide up to the minute SPAM detection capabilities. These global databases are updated by Anti SPAM systems worldwide and by home users who make submissions either automatically or via email of new examples of SPAM.

This information is then disseminated to other users or businesses and their Anti SPAM system to enhance their protection and detection capabilities. In this way the end user receives faster and more accurate Anti SPAM coverage.

More Information
To discuss how Anti SPAM systems can assist you to minimise the impact of SPAM on your business and it's security please contact us.

* Note: false positives occur when a legitimate email message is identified as possible SPAM. This false identification happens rarely, however the user can review and retrieve any false positive messages from their Junk Mail folder.

In this way the potential to delete email by mistake is avoided.

^ Note: This option requires a folder enable mail system such as Microsoft Exchange or Zimbra.