Exchange Spam Blocker
Spam is a reality of the Internet, but not all users suffer from it at the same extent. Business owners have difficulties with identifying real messages from interested prospects from unsolicited mails. Software companies have come with solutions in the form of anti-spam programs meant to detect and delete over 90% of junk mail. One intelligent tool is the Exchange spam blocker first released by Microsoft in May 2004. Both individual and business users can benefit from the functions of the program regardless of the extent of the mail exposure.
Exchange spam blocker is based on Microsoft SmartScreen technology that helps with the identification of a message that has a spam potential. Starting from this option that allows one to determine which incoming email is spam, the user may stop the access of unsolicited mail messages at the gateway or at the mailbox. Other Microsoft tools were used before the launch of Exchange spam blocker. At present, Microsoft no longer provides updates for the former intelligent filters, in a clustered environment. The present version of the Exchange spam blocker supports business development by detecting and stopping spam in the tracks.
The Exchange spam blocker relies on a combination of techniques meant to identify the messages that could be spam; thus, besides the use of the Bayes filtering, the the messages are scanned for spam headers and spam keywords. Once the identification is complete, the delete or read-mail options are controlled by the PC user. There are versions of the Exchange spam blocker that actually inform a sender whether his or her message has been treated as spam despite its inherent legitimacy. Plus, the benefits of preventing spam on the server before reaching the computer are manifold: there is no malware unauthorized installation or virus attacks.
To sum it up, the Exchange spam blocker can support all the small business and personal operations conducted via email. An issue with the 2003 version of the blocker used to be the impossibility to import or export blocked e-mails or send domains. One further inconvenience is that the user has no clue about how much spam gets blocked and how well filters are functioning. It is crucial to test the settings and find out about the best mode to operate with the tool in order to optimize the usage of your anti-spam defenses.
