GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP 8. (Internet Focus).

GFI have launched GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP 8, an upgrade to GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP 7. GFI MailEssentials is a server-based anti-spare solution that is installed at the gateway and reduces the administrative headache presented by client-based anti-spare products. System administrators need not deploy anti-spare products on each of the network's individual workstations, nor conduct maintenance of individual updates each time anti-spam roles need changing. Another advantage that a server-based product like GFI MailEssentials 8 has over client-based applications is that it can protect the mail server's message stores from clogging up with spam.

GFI MailEssentials 8 includes several advanced anti-spam components that detect typical spam practices, such as incorrect "From' headers with nonexistent domains. Also, it allows administrators to configure lists of keywords and phrases enabling it to identify spam. GFI MailEssentials 8 also adds support for Microsoft Active Directory; whitelist auto-population; the ability to block spare by character set; binding to IIS Virtual SMTP Servers; support for multiple DNS blacklists and fake non-delivery reports generation. Also it is designed to integrate with industry-wide watchdog and identification groups, the `DNS Blacklists' such as ORDB and Spamhaus that identify domains that are spammers or are insufficiently secure and are exploited by spammers.

The solution also includes a patented automatic whitelist management tool which enables business partners to be automatically added to a whitelist in order that their mail will not be passed through the spare filter, reducing false positives. Other Features include:

Fake non-delivery reports (NDRS)

Spammers often send volume emails to valid email, address that they sell or trade with each other. GFI MailEssentials 8 bounces spam back to the sender with a false non-delivery report. The NDR leads them to believe that the user's address is invalid, and gets that organization's addresses off the spam list.

Foreign language spare

Many spare mails are in a foreign language, meaning that administrators can greatly reduce spam simply by blocking mail written in, say, Japanese. Using the GFI MailEssentials language detection feature, companies can block mail using certain character sets.

Expanded disclaimer/footer text

With GFI MailEssentials, organizations can add a legal disclaimer andlor a standard corporate message to each outgoing email at any of several levels. Disclaimers can be configured for individual users, groups or an entire domain.

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