Symantec Mail Security for SMTP
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New Features
Email security software with integrated, best-of-breed antispam, antivirus, and content filtering technologies stops spam, viruses, and other email-borne threats at the SMTP gateway.
Stops spam, phishing attacks, and other email-borne threats
- Features Symantec Brightmail AntiSpam technology which can stop more than 97% of spam, while producing less than one false positive for every million emails analyzed
- Email firewall technologies reduce directory harvest and other email-borne threats against the email infrastructure
- Delivers automatic spam and virus rules updates every 5-10 minutes to ensure that customers have the most effective, real-time protection from new spamming techniques and traffic patterns
Controls and monitors inbound and outbound email in support of regulatory compliance and internal policy
- Improved content filtering and compliance tools such as keyword and regular expression inside attachments and true file typing help organizations meet corporate and regulatory compliance requirements
- Graphical message tracking enables administrators to easily track the status of any email message processed by the system
Prevents viruses and malicious code from bringing down servers and compromising data
- Day Zero virus prevention reduces vulnerability to virus outbreaks by narrowing the window from hours to minutes
- Powered by Symantec AntiVirus engine - winner of more than 20 Virus Bulletin 100% Awards - to minimize network disruptions caused from virus outbreaks
Reporting options and flexible policies provide insight and facilitate email management
- Comprehensive reporting helps administrators gain visibility with more than 50 on-demand and scheduled reports
- Next generation policies combine multiple actions per user and dynamic group population with LDAP





