Key decision factors

Performance features

Current numbers

	n.nn% clean n.nn% virus n.nn% possible spam n.nn% definite spam
average email distribution
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Matt Cain, Senior Vice President, META Group:
«Spam has a debilitating effect on email systems and is now far more than a nuisance for end users. IT groups must aggressively block spam with the same diligence they apply to virus blocking. We believe tools which combine spam and virus blocking represent an excellent approach to improving overall email hygiene.»

How does it work?

Summary
Any email you receive is first passed through the Spamchek engine. If it is determined that an email is a virus or spam, it is held back in the Spamchek quarantine area. All other emails are passed straight to you.

Technically
Technically speaking, Spamchek is inserted as an extra mail-relay in front of your own email-server(s), giving us the opportunity to scan your email for spam and virus and intercept as necessary to stop them before they get to your systems. This is done by adding/changing the DNS MX (Mail-eXchanger) records for your email-domain such that they point to Spamchek rather than your own mail-servers.

Quarantine
Withheld email is kept in a quarantine area to which your system administrator will have access. End-users receive regular listing of quarantined email allowing them to identify and release anything that might have been wrongly withheld.