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6.1.5 XM SpamStop
XM SpamStop from XM Technologies Inc. integrates with Domino 6 and provides
inbound messaging content security with over 300 built-in algorithms, including
blacklists, malformed header checks, whitelists, auto whitelists, and message
signatures. A smart application, SpamStop continually updates itself to counter
the ever-changing, but simple methods of spammers to get their junk mail to you.
Based on customer project experiences with SpamStop, XM Technologies has
organized their offering to address what they have identified as key challenges in
anti-spam implementations, as follows:
DNS Blacklists are not 100% effective.
DNS Blacklists do not cover hotmail, yahoo, and other big ISPs, since it is
impossible to do global blocking against them. As well, many small
companies can inadvertently end up on a DNS Blacklist and have problems
removing themselves.
Users have differing requirements.
SpamStop allows a company to have per-user or per-department settings to
accommodate different languages, non-western characters, special
department circumstances, and so forth.
Stopping messages before they get to the user is often most effective.
SpamStop allows for a simple workflow where no one is forced to read
unwanted or inappropriate e-mail content; it can be stopped at the server
before ever going to a user's bulk mail or spam folder.
Management is unwilling to spend the necessary funds.
Spam is a low profile problem in many companies—unless a senior manager
is receiving it. Licensing of SpamStop is based on a flat per-server fee plus
monthly maintenance, making it easy to make a business case to
management.
SpamStop incorporates the following key features:
Uses an adjustable scoring system of 1 to 100
Allows for user-specific or global settings
Does between 10 and 300 built-in checks
Checks DNS Blacklist (2-20 servers)
Uses and automatically creates Whitelists
Checks Blacklists
Checks allowed language formats
Workflow system deals with spam management or allows it to flow to the user
Checks message signatures (known spam)
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