Spam Filtering – Basic

How does it work?

 Our MessageIQ scan engine uses a layered approach that maximizes kill rates and minimizes false positives. We do not use any ’scoring’ or rating systems for identifying spam – those systems are plagued by high false positive rates and are really only ‘guessing’ at spam. And when it comes to protecting your message, guessing isn’t good enough.

 The core layer for threat identification are the spam signature files. Those spam signatures are created and managed by human spam editors who look at spam 24×7x365, and we release new spam updates every 5 minutes to ensure that our customers have the latest rule sets to defeat spam attacks as they happen.

 Because our signatures are designed around actual identified spam, the system isn’t guessing at identifying incoming email, thus our false positives are the lowest in the industry. Period.

How do I enable Spam filtering?
 By changing the MX record for your domain, all of your inbound email will be sent through our SPAM filter before being sent on to your email server. Our SPAM filter will virus check your email and then check it for SPAM. This helps prevent viruses and SPAM from entering your network via your email server.

 Our scan engine uses a layered approach that maximizes kill rates and minimizes false positives. We do not use any ’scoring’ or rating systems for identifying spam – those systems are plagued by high false positive rates and are really only ‘guessing’ at spam. And when it comes to protecting your message, guessing isn’t good enough.

 The core layer for threat identification are the spam signature files. Those spam signatures are created and managed by human spam editors who look at spam 24×7x365, and we release new spam updates every 5 minutes to ensure that our customers have the latest rule sets to defeat spam attacks as they happen.

 Because our signatures are designed around actual identified spam, the system isn’t guessing at identifying incoming email, thus our false positives are the lowest in the industry. Period.