Email Filtering – anti-spam and anti-virus
Clean, Safe Email
High quality email anti-spam and anti-virus filtering is at the heart of what we do and forms an integral part of our Gateway, Mailcore and Zimbra solutions.
Anti-Virus Filtering
After a long period of evaluation, we chose Kaspersky and Clam AV as the best anti-virus solutions for email scanning. Each message is tested for virus signatures from a database that is updated every 15 minutes, 24/7. We even check inside compressed files. Any detected virus is removed if possible and sent with an alert notification to the end user. Several options are available to control how notifications work.
Anti-Spam Filtering
Our array of anti-spam filtering servers run SpamAssassin, an open source email content analyser. Each email is subjected to a series of tests mainly focussing on it’s passage through the Internet, as well as text content. Each test gives a score. The scores are totalled and if the total is above a set threshold, the message is deemed ‘spam’ and subjected to your choice of handling rules. The message can be quarantined or forwarded with a modified subject or message header.
The Truth About Spam Detection
When evaluating an email filtering solution, be wary of ‘guarantees’ that you’ll no longer receive spam. There is no hard and fast way of detecting a message as being spam, only levels of probability. One person’s spam is another’s fantastic offer. We concentrate on emails that have taken measures to hide their origin rather than actual content. We can’t promise that you’ll never receive another annoying email, but it will be a very rare occurrence.
Latest News
With further developments to our acclaimed Fax to Email service, Faxtastic, we’re delighted to announce that we can now provide geographic fax numbers for the whole of the UK. For a full list of area codes please take a look here: https://www.faxtastic.co.uk/signup
Testimonials
“After several years working with various providers and numerous platforms, we have found a flexible, reliable system in the Very Good Email Company model. Our customers now have the ability to not only access their mail from anywhere but also the power to control all aspects of how it is delivered. As a hosting company with over 10 years experience in running, maintaining and handling customer websites and their associated email I would recommend The Very Good Email Company to anyone that takes email delivery seriously.”
Steve Bradley, Widescope.net
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“Upgraded to a paid MessageBunker account. Found a critical email I thought i’d lost within seconds using the service. Nice people too!”
Andrew Foster, autonomous ideas. http://www.autonomousideas.co.uk
