MailEnable Features - Anti-spam

MailEnable includes powerful filtering and anti-spam features to help keep your inbox free from junk mail.

Bayesian Filtering

Bayesian filtering is a method of spam prevention. It operates by rating the probability of incoming mail being spam by looking at words or character strings contained in the email as well as the entire context of the email. Bayesian filters can be 'trained' to identify spam by building up libraries of 'good' and 'bad' mail (spam). There is also the ability to "auto-train" the Bayesian dictionary. This means the filter is continually improving by 'learning' to identify spam and good mail based on emails that are passing through the server.

Message Filtering

Use message filters to search messages for words or phrases and delete or quarantine them before they are delivered to the user. Mark messages as spam so that they are placed directly into the recipients Junk Mail folder.

Filters can also be configured to move or delete messages based on content and much more. More information

Relay Control

Without relay control, spammers can utilise your server in order to send out their junk mail, making it look as though you were the origin of spam. MailEnable has inbuilt relay control that prevents your server being used as a relay for spam.

Reverse DNS Blacklisting

Reverse DNS Blacklisting allows you to validate those sending mail against a list of potential spammers. You can select which Real Time Blacklists (RBL's) providers you want to use. You should enable only the providers that you need, as this does impact on performance. You should also review which providers are most appropriate by reviewing their web sites.

Sender Policy Framework (SPF)

Sender Policy Framework (SPF) prevents the 'spoofing' or forging of mail addresses and makes it easier to identify spam, worms and trojans.

SPF requires a DNS record to specify which machines are authorized to transmit mail for that particular domain. Therefore the mail server receiving mail can determine whether a message came from a domain other than the one claimed by the sender.

Greylisting

Greylisting helps reduce spam by delaying messages for a short period of time when the sender is not someone who has recently sent to that destination. A large percentage of spammers do not retry sending a delayed message, but normal mail servers will, so the message will come through on the next attempt.

URL Blacklist Content Filtering

The MailEnable SMTP Connector scans the content of messages as they are received and can identify whether the contents of the messages contain offensive URLs by looking up their IP address against DNS blacklist providers.

Compatible with 3rd party spam filtering

MailEnable can also work in conjunction with various third party anti-spam applications. More information...