Fighting Spam With Mail Essentials Security Software

Mail Essentials Product ReviewMail Essentials is a powerful spam fighting product from GFI, a leading name in network security software. The program is cost effective, easy to use, more importantly, it's efficient at keeping away annoying and potentially dangerous spam messages. Mail Essentials runs on a
Microsoft Exchange or SMTP server, providing excellent results on either platform.InstallationInstalling this product is fast and easy. The big decision you have to make is where to install it, on an Exchange server or on a second computer. The Exchange installation comes with additional functions which you'll need to get familiar with, therefore, referring to the manual is important.ConfigurationConfiguration is made simple via the standard Windows interface. It's easy to get started with your major settings which include Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus, Email Management and General. Mail Essentials comes with strong default features so you shouldn't have to do very much configuring at all. You can make adjustments to the Bayesian filter settings and tweak keywords to block out mail, based on your own criteria and needs. You can also import dictionaries of known words or phrases into a text file which will then filter the most common types of spam. The Bayesian database can be accessed and customized, making the product much easier to manage. There is more in-depth information about this feature in the documentation that accompanies the software.Mail Essentials is much more advanced, using filtering techniques such as Phishing header checking, URL Real-time Block lists, DNS White lists and Sender Policy Framework. Once a suspicious message is found, the user can examine and decide what actions to follow, such as marking the message as spam and deleting it, to sending it to a quarantine folder. You also have the option of forwarding the message to a different email address for further analysis.Anti-Virus FeaturesFighting Spam With Mail Essentials Security Software

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