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Address Harvesting

Ever wonder how a spammer got your email address? Here are the top-5 activities that can land you on a spammer's list:

  1. Posting to Usenet
  2. Signing up for Online Contests
  3. Participating in Chat Rooms
  4. Registering a Domain Name
  5. Replying to Spam

See our article on address harvesting for more spam-prone activities and what you can do to minimize the risk.

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MailArmory filters and blocks both unsolicited email (spam) and email viruses, with future support for filtering attachments and content. It aggressively filters up to 99.7% of all spam, as well as known email viruses, destined for your email box. MailArmory can save you time and your company money by eliminating spam and protecting your computer from email viruses, which typically take up large amounts of system and human resources.

MailArmory snags most email viruses and spam with minimal false positives (good email captured as spam). Users who wish to review these captured messages for relevance may do so through a web interface to the MailArmory servers.

Other services claim success rates of only 50 to 70 percent - those that claim higher also have a high percentage of false positives - and often delete questionable messages.

MailArmory may be customized at three levels: user, domain, and site.

  • User - Allows individual users to determine their own settings or leave them set to default.

  • Domain - Applies to any email address under a particular domain. This level allows a domain administrator to determine the default settings for all addresses using that domain.

  • Site - Refers to a logical grouping of domains. This level allows a site administrator to determine the default settings for a large group of domains at once.

Preferences include:

  • Accept lists - Always accept email from certain addresses or domains.
  • Reject lists - Always reject email from certain addresses or domains.
  • Filter thresholds - How aggressively you want MailArmory to capture and hold spam.
  • Capture - Determine whether suspect email is held on the MailArmory servers or passed through with identifying headers.
  • Time held until deletion - Determine how many days MailArmory should hold suspect email until it is permanently deleted.

View our online tutorial for an overview of the MailArmory system.

Read on to learn how MailArmory is ideal for ISPs and hosting professionals as well as businesses looking to provide defense against spam and email viruses.