August 14th, 2010
There is no denying that in today’s business environment, email is one of the most accepted forms of communicating. It is easy to use, gets the message out there quickly and is generally cheaper than phone calls. Email really is here to stay.
However, it seems that spam is too. Billions of spam emails are sent everyday, and as well as being a nuisance to businesses, they can also spread incredibly harmful viruses and phishing scams.
Innovative anti spam services can effectively safeguard a business against this email risk by filtering and blocking junk mail from reaching your network. But as this anti spam protection becomes more sophisticated, what if it mistakenly identifies a genuine email for spam? This is where spam filtering helps. By quarantining spam into special folders instead of just deleting it, it gives you the option of viewing any email that attempts to enter your network.
At Message Stream, our anti spam service is so thorough, we run over 90 deep and intelligence tests on every email that tries to enter your network. If we identify it as junk mail our spam filter then organizes and quarantines it into special folders. You can then safely view any of these emails for 14 days through myMessageStream – our detailed email management information system that gives you real time reporting and administration through a simple browser interface. So we give you the power to decide which emails you should and should not be receiving.
Tags: anti spam service, spam blocker technology, Spam Emails, Spam Services
July 2nd, 2010
In recent years, various changes to the law have meant there is an increased need for businesses to seek out effective email archiving systems. Whilst there is currently no overarching law governing how organisations should store emails, for some industries there are specific legal requirements.
Financial Services Providers must comply with FSA regulation that requires emails to be stored for a minimum of six years. European Union member states are required under the Directive 2006/24/EC to store email data for anything up to 24 months.
The Data Protection Act 1998 gives people the right to request and access any personal data held about them by an organisation. This can include data such as letters and email correspondence. Businesses that do not have an efficient system for retrieving emails can be
exposed to risky legal liabilities. Consider just one untraceable email and the potential damage it can cause for an organisation.
With such a backdrop of conflicting requirements, now more than ever organisations should protect themselves against any email risk, by establishing an efficient system to manage their email data.
At Message Stream, we offer the complete email archiving solution by securely and efficiently storing all your organisation’s emails off site. With a superior spam filter, it can easily detect what and what not to archive – all done automatically and in real time. Plus, it also gives you instant access to all your company’s archived emails – not only giving you peace of mind, but making your life easier through simple storage management.
Tags: email archiving, Spam Emails, Spam Filter, Spam Services
June 17th, 2010
It is no surprise that as spam has become a large problem for many individuals and businesses, with a huge cost to many that the United States of America have introduced the CAN-SPAM Act, which is “Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing.” This Act was introduced in 2004, to give guidelines for the senders and content of emails being issued, set out penalties for spammers and give a recipient the right to ask the senders of emails to stop spamming them.
The law was introduced to cover the promotion and advertising of products, websites and services. The law doesn’t cover emails that are being sent with the recipient’s prior consent, or where a business relationship is in existence, such as updates to a previous customer of a business. If emails that are sent – even with prior permission – contain false or misleading information, the Act will apply.
There are many rules to follow in the sending of emails, and it is important that they are followed to avoid being in violation of the law. All emails must contain the postal address of the sender, with a clear opt out method. The subject line of emails cannot be misleading, or include false information to entice you to open the email, which is a common ploy by spammers.
There are many requirements for legitimate emails, although the existence of spam and junk emails will still be a problem for many. To eradicate spam, it is advisable to employ spam services, such as the hosted service here at MessageStream, which is a cost effective and secure option for your business.
Tags: anti-spam technology, Spam Blocker, Spam Emails, Spam Service
May 27th, 2010
As an online business that owns a website, it is likely at some stage that you will become the target of spam emails and spam communication.
Spam services are quite common these days, and are offered through many web-hosting companies. However, not all spam services on offer are as effective as they could be, and often, there is little in terms of after-sales services or support once spam filter software has been purchased and deployed.
Generally speaking, spam emails are blocked by using certain effective software solutions, of which there are various types.
Before deciding upon which spam services are required, as a business it is important that you know what type of support will be received, in terms of protecting against spam targeting.
Avoid shared server hosting with your website, because this could bring several problems. Many spammers deploy spam mails to sites with large website traffic volumes. Even if your traffic is not that high, shared hosting will often mean you fit into this category; it is also possible that the shared server will slow down significantly due to the increase in traffic and spam.
We at Message Stream are able to offer the most advanced form of spam blocker through our spam services, which are offered to some of the UK’s largest firms. We are trusted by police authorities and government organisations to protect them against spam emails, viruses and phishing emails, with the ability to eliminate 98% of spam email before it even reaches an email inbox.
Tags: Spam Blocker, Spam Emails, Spam Filter, Spam Services
May 20th, 2010
Many people feel they are savvy when it comes to spam emails and spam filters, and are often convinced that they would never fall victim to a spammer or unsolicited email, but unfortunately they still do – and it happens frequently.
In order to avoid the constant spam targeting of phishing emails, such as those mentioned, it is essential that none of the spam emails received are answered in any way. Replying to spam emails will be acknowledging to a spammer that the email address is live, and the email has been read; this will lead to more spam.
The spam email threats that cause immeasurable damage to a computer system are those that come through with email attachments containing viruses, and one of the most lethal of these is a Trojan virus. If a Trojan virus enters your computer system, the use of a computer is seriously impaired, and data will be damaged.
If a spam email has an attachment which is downloaded or opened in any way, then it could mean a virus has been released into a computer system – which could destroy information and render a computer, and every computer on its network (if connected), unusable and corrupt.
As the experts in the provision of spam services, at Message Stream we are able to eliminate 98% of spam emails that target email accounts. We are trusted by some of the largest companies within the UK to protect them against virus, phishing and spam email attacks.
Tags: spam, Spam Emails, spam filters, Spam Services
February 24th, 2010
Spam is one of the biggest problems we face in the world of internet and email addresses and it is spam that is the main culprit for causing the widest spread of damage in this area. Spam is capable of targeting you with Trojans viruses, spy software and phishing software which searches for personal information and passwords in your system.
The stealthy and seemingly invisible way which phishing software is able to enter your system, find personal information then completely disappear is quite alarming. So much so that a number of months (maybe only weeks) after successful phishing software have penetrated your network, there may already be another person claiming to be you.
If you think about it, there is quite a large amount of personal and private information which is directly linked to your email address these days. Some of the personal information which will be directly linked by your email address is information on your health, lifestyle or political allegiances. When you protect your computer and software with the anti virus and anti spam technology, it will not only keep damaging viruses out and unsolicited spam emails from reaching your inbox by going through a spam filter first. You are in fact also providing critical protection to your personal details and passwords.
At MessageStream we have many years of success in providing the most technologically advanced spam services for businesses in the UK. We ensure that your firm will receive between 98 – 99 per cent less spam email to your inbox.
Tags: Anti-Spam, spam, Spam Emails, Spam Filter, Spam Services
February 23rd, 2010
The software for spam blocker is available from a number of websites which can be easily found online.
There a various different spam blocker software and before you make your decision ion the one that would be best for you read the spam blocker information which will be available to you and this will further detail the exact use of the spam blocker you are looking at. After reading an industry review of each type of spam blocker also check customer feedback forms for user’s opinions with each type of spam blocker software.
A spam blocker that is considered a good software system is one that will have the ability block out 90% or more of the spam emails you receive upon average.
One of the points that need to be considered from your spam blocker software is that it is fully compatible with your email provider. Beyond this point it will be necessary to research how your spam blocker proposes to block your spam emails and what type (if any) options do you have on controlling how the software filters your incoming mail.
We are the spam blocker and spam filter experts at MessageStream and have many years of successful trading in the UK. We have been providing spam services for large and small firms across the UK and have the necessary ability to reduce the amount of spam coming into your email address by removing up to 99 per cent of the initial spam email you were receiving.
Tags: Spam Blocker, Spam Emails, Spam Filter, Spam Services
February 17th, 2010
Those who have not researched too much into the reasons that spam exists, what its variety of intentions are and the serious levels it is at in the modern world will probably consider the use of spam services, spam filter and anti spam software another ingenious way of helping today’s computer user part with more cash.
There are others that know spam as the unsolicited emails which hit their inbox several times an hour (if a spam filter is not in use), which is annoying. However, many people think that it just requires a regular sort and delete to clear the email inbox again.
Spam essentially has never been this simple because even when the internet was (relative to today) in its infancy, spammers were already looking at ways of capitalising from the internet. Some spammers have completely criminal intentions- ‘hackers’ are only different to a burglar breaking into business premises because they have chosen another method with which to do it (one that may have a higher success rate of causing wide scale damage to your business, in fact).
The intentional damage caused by an online criminal extracting passwords and important data files from under your nose can evade detection and cause really significant losses.
One of the best guarantees offered by us as industry experts at MessageStream is that we can actually reduce your spam emails and thus combat the attempts of online criminals with spam services that can prevent 98% of spam emails from ever reaching your email inbox.
Tags: Anti-Spam, Spam Emails, Spam Filter, Spam Services
February 9th, 2010
In this day and age, spam emails are now produced at an alarming rate of such major quantity that it is actually immeasurable.
Statistics show that upon average taking the subject of spam across everybody who it will affect (all internet users with an email account to variable degrees) that for every 10 emails we receive, 13 emails are sent as spam.
If you work within an organisation that has not deployed the use of anti-spam software then you are really going to see the true picture which is told from those previous average spam statistics.
The fact of the matter is that spam is going to affect you (and quite measurably) whether you work from an office or at home, so it is essential that you find a way to safeguard yourself against being targeted by spammers. It is absolutely essential not only from the issue of spam being irritating and taking up time in the day to filter and delete, but spam emails are not all unwanted advertising and marketing from unknown companies.
One of the keenest ways in which spam is used to extract personal information from your computer is through a phishing email sent as spam to your inbox. If you open a spam email and click the link inside, it is one of the quickest ways phishing software can penetrate your computer.
To ensure you’re protected by the destruction of spam, we at MessageStream are able to provide a spam service that massively reduces spam.
Tags: Anti-Spam, spam, Spam Emails, Spam Filter, Spam Service
