Symantec Message Filter powered by Brightmail
Symantec Message Filter powered by Brightmail (formerly Symantec Brightmail Message Filter) combines effective spam filtering, high accuracy rate and a flexible, high throughput engine. Deployed at the email gateway, this easy-to-manage solution defends against spam, phishing, viruses, and other unwanted email. With user selectable industry specific filtering capabilities it meets service providers security needs without imposing a significant administrative burden. Backed by the Symantec Global Intelligence Network, Message Filter protects over 850 million mailboxes and over 200 service providers globally.
Key Features
- Real-time automated spam filter updates backed by the Global Intelligence Network.
- Statsig technology specifically targeting 419/Nigerian spam, a leading source of spam contributing to brand erosion.
- 99% antispam effectiveness rate with very few false positives.
- Adjustable rules based on service provider and large enterprise needs to provide the best mix of performance and effectiveness in large scale deployments.
- Award-winning Symantec Antivirus protection scans and cleans messages infected with viruses and mass-mailing worms.
- Centralized reporting provides in-depth filtering statistics with visibility across all servers, providing key data on spam filtering performance and the latest spam trends.
Key Benefits
- Award-winning solution leveraging multiple technologies, globally distributed operations centers, patented spam detection network, and real-time filter delivery mechanisms to provide effective filtering for large scale messaging infrastructures.
- High accuracy rate ensures users don’t miss important email due to misclassification.
- Daily monitoring of accuracy and automatic review of all potential false positives reduce administration overhead.
- Real-time and automatic updates provide latest protection and require no tuning or training of filters by administrators.
- Integrates with Sun Java Messaging Server, Message Systems Ecelerity, Sendmail, Postfix and Microsoft based MTAs, as well as many more.
