Released on: 31, December 1969
, Author: SpamExperts Corporation
, Audience: Internet related
1. Before choosing a spam filter it is important to decide ifthe filtering should take place at the user s computer or at the server level. i. Large organizations that do not want their employees to be bothered by spamshould choose for a server-side solution. The main advantage of a server-sidesolution is that with a good system the spam never reaches the employee.Unfortunately there are many poor server-side filters available that for examplerequire the employees to manually search for any classification mistakes. Sinceindirectly that way the spam still reaches the end user, it minimizes the mainadvantage of a good server-side filter. Maintaining a good server-side solutionin-house requires a lot of expertise and can therefore be costly. Outsourcing thespam problem to a specialized company is therefore generally more cost-effectivehere. ii. Using a filter directly on the user s computer can be beneficial because emailis always locally stored and therefore full control over the email remains.Furthermore the software can learn user-specific spam recognition allowing thefiltering to be custom tailored to the user. Because the need to actively check formistakes this is still quite time intensive though making it only an interestingsolution for home and small business users.
2. To decide what solution to choose it is important to ensure that it is compatiblewith your current infrastructure. Minimum adjustments should be necessary to avoidmaking the setup more complex than necessary. There is always a solution that fitsyour setup.
3. To keep track of what is happening, it is important that you can have directaccess to all blocked messages or to a report listing all blocked messages. Althoughyou should hardly ever need this feature, there is nothing more frustrating than notknowing what happened with your message (or what did not happen).
4. Whenever a classification mistake is made, this should be easily correctable. Youshould be able to release the message so it is normally delivered to your emailapplication.
5. Test, test, test. Always test the filter for at least 2 weeks (most companiesoffer free trials). The antispam market is quickly getting crowded with many poorfilters resulting in solutions that are more costly than the spam problem they aresupposed to solve. Try to find out if you are not dealing with a reseller during thetrial and always do direct business with the antispam experts themselves.
Source: Express-Press-Release.com
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