Spam and viruses are becoming an increasing problem for site owners, to the point that many webmasters receive more junk and security threats than they do legitimate email each day. It is estimated that over 50% of mail circulating
around the Internet at any given time is comprised of spam or email viruses.
Remember the SoBig virus? Well over 1 million computers were infected within the first couple of days. SoBig caused more damage to in August 2003 than did the Klez virus for the entire year of 2002.
Spam and viruses cause you stress, frustration and cost you money – in time spent dealing with it, through blown out mailboxes, excess storage fees and in actual damage through infection.
Maxim Hosting has recognized this challenge and employs some of the finest email filtering systems on the market; at no extra charge whatsoever to our clients. The process occurs on our servers, there’s nothing you need to
install.
Our approach is two-tiered:
Anti-spam
Our advanced email filtering system has a number of stages. By referencing “known spammer” lists maintained by several organizations such as SpamCop and SpamHaus; we totally block great deal of spam in the first stage.
Mail that passes this first filtering test is then processed by Spam Assassin. Emails are assigned a score based on their contents and a number of other factors. If the email scores too highly, it is rejected.
Anti-virus
Our virus filtering software contains a regularly updated database of current and past viruses as well as a series of other criteria for examining email. Each email is automatically scanned for potentially damaging file attachments and scripts. If a virus is found, it is automatically stripped from the email, but the email itself is still forwarded to you with a warning in the email message text regarding the attachment.
We truly care about our clients and constantly strive to provide them with the best hosting they’ve ever experienced. Learn more about why our clients think that we are “simply the smart choice” in web site hosting,select a hosting plan and join us today! We look forward to welcoming you to Maxim Hosting.
These pages are provided as a resource to help you understand and use the our mail scanning system.
