| You'll probably be familiar
with the twin menaces of email borne viruses and unsolicited
email, commonly referred to as spam. You'll understand
the annoyance caused by that avalanche of junk email
which somehow finds its way uninvited into your inbox,
destroying the efficiency of your email system, consuming
expensive bandwidth and wasting your valuable time.
SPAM Bouncer is a unique and exclusive product, created
by our in house research and development team. SPAM
Bouncer filters unwanted and harmful email messages
out of your inbox saving your time and money. You can
resell SPAM Bouncer to your clients, with whom SPAM
Bouncer is likely to be a very popular product and thus
an excellent revenue generating opportunity for you. |
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The Problem
More than half of email messages transmitted on the Internet
today are spam, whilst analysts predict that spam will account
for 70 percent of all emails by April 2004.
Lost Productivity
A Gartner survey in 2002 revealed that staff were already
spending an average of 49 minutes per day (10% of their time)
managing their email. Further, the IT department is increasingly
occupied supporting users with spam issues and dealing with
the fallout from virus infections, rather than working on
productive projects.
Wasted Bandwidth
Downloading unwanted email costs money in telephone and data
transfer charges. The bandwidth consumed means your Internet
connection runs slower, destroying the efficiency of your
entire operation as commerce becomes ever more reliant on
Internet applications. European commission figures put the
cost of spam to European businesses in connection charges
alone at £6.4bn per year.
Pornographic Emails
A significant proportion of unsolicited email messages contain
pornographic content causing distress to the recipient and
creating dangers for younger users. Additionally, a number
of employees have already successfully sued their employers
for failing to provide adequate protection from pornographic
emails.
Fraud & Identify Theft
Emails using social engineering techniques and spoofed web
sites to dupe the reader into disclosing confidntial information
such as online banking access details, addresses and credit
card numbers are a growing trend. There is also the infamous
Nigerian 419 scam in which a deposed African dictator offers
a cut of millions of dollars for your help transferring it
from a secret account in Africa to yours. People were stung
for an estimated £8.4 million last year in the UK alone
through advanced fee and other forms of online fraud.
Email Bourne Viruses
The convergence of virus and spam technology means that the
problem will only get worse. Recent virus attacks such as
the Sobig and Klez worms have brought corporate email systems
to a halt, clogged inboxes with useless mails, cost industry
billions in clean up costs and have the potential to inflict
terminal damage on today's online businesses.
The Solution
SPAM Bouncer
is the result of hundreds of hours of research and development
by our in house team, a unique product utilising advanced
technology to rid your inbox of irritating spam and
harmful viruses. You no longer have to download and
filter junk messages, saving your time and bandwidth.
SPAM Bouncer operates on our powerful mail server cluster,
every email destined for your |
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I am over the moon with Spam Bouncer. I normally
get between 200/220 Spam emails in 24 hours. Since
activating Spam Bouncer I have received just 1!
Alex Hammerstein |
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| mailbox is scanned and checked by a number of different
processes at the point of entry into our network. |
Heuristics Engine
Thousands of tests check the message headers and content for
tell tale signs of spam. The originating mail server and senders
address are verified to prevent spoofing. We proactively monitor
and adapt the tests used by SPAM Bouncer to any new techniques
the spammers employ.
Bayesian Probability Algorithms
Bayesian algorithms are used to build up a database of the
characteristics of unwanted mail and the characteristics of
legitimate mail. The database can then be consulted to determine
the likelihood of any particular message being spam. Furthermore,
through continually analysing messages the database is actively
updated as the nature of spam changes, creating a form of
self evolving intelligence.
Checksum Databases
Any message has a unique checksum, as users report unsolicited
mail messages, their checksums are added to a database. Several
collaborative checksum databases are consulted to ascertain
whether the message concerned matches one previously identified
as spam by another Internet user.
Real Time Blackhole Lists
Several real time blackhole lists (RBLs) are maintained on
the Internet which catalog known sources of spam. SPAM Bouncer
checks for the presence of the originating mail servers in
any of these lists.
Virus Scanner
All our hosting accounts include virus scanning as standard,
a feature which operates in unison with SPAM Bouncer. Virus
definitions are checked for and updated automatically ensuring
that you are protected against threats as they emerge. The
virus scanner is capable of detecting all known virus types,
including polymorphic or self-encrypting viruses, it is even
capable of scanning the contents of compressed archives such
as zip and rar files ensuring that no virus bearing email
can make it to your inbox.
Each positive test assigns a weighted score to the incoming
message. The final score is used to determine whether or not
the message is spam.
Reliability
This scoring system combined with the quantity and diversity
of tests performed means that unlike most competing products,
the likelihood of SPAM Bouncer incorrectly identifying
a message as spam is negligible and makes it nigh on impossible
for spammers and virus writers to craft their messages
to bypass the filters. |
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We've only been using Spam Bouncer for a day
and I'm impressed with it already. One of our
addresses used to receive hundreds of Spam messages
a day. Today, we only got two!
Alistair Scott |
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Flexibility
You have complete control over the handling of any mail identified
as spam. Choose from the following options:
 Reject |
Return the message to
the sender with an informative message detailing why their
message was rejected. |
| Tag |
Add headers or text to
the message subject enabling you to filter all unwanted
email into a specified folder using rules in your email
program. |
| Quarantine |
Send it to a mailbox you
specify in which you can view and verify suspect messages
or archive them should they be required in the future. |
Configurable
From the moment you activate SPAM Bouncer on your mailbox
you can expect to see all virus bearing mail and upwards of
98% of unsolicited mail eradicated from your inbox. However
you can tune the sensitivity of SPAM Bouncer as well as add
addresses and domains to your block and allow lists to create
a perfect solution tailored to your needs.
Only available at Donhost, SPAM Bouncer can protect both domains hosted on our reseller accounts and domains hosted with other service providers. As a Donhost reseller account holder, you and your clients may trial SPAM Bouncer
free of charge for 14 days. After this trial period, SPAM Bouncer costs just £19.99 per annum.
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