Hosted Unwanted Mail Filtering Means no Maintenance Issues
7 November 2009Hosted spam-filter and/or e-mail lets you concentrate on what is essential.
With rising volume of spam e-mails that drain a substantial amount of companies financial resources and eat bandwidth, outsourced hosted server could give them freedom from this headache and increase their productivity.
Internet is a necessity and an inevitable part of day-to-day activities but when it becomes a source of unsolicited junk e-mails or spam, then it could be very annoying and distressful to both the network administrators and those who own or manage a company.
Web spreads out widely and is now available for everybody in all age groups, which has a huge impact on the amount of spam mails and following that, an increased cost using time and resources to clear junk and ilegitimate mail from the mail boxes. It is very common to underestimate the cost of getting rid of spam – the reason is that is just takes a couple of seconds to remove one single spam e-mail. But when spam mails suddenly appear in hundres or thousands on a daily basis it becomes a serious problem – consuming time and users’ focus.
Junk mails are more than just irritating in their nature, they also put significant stress on the entire operation of a company because they occupy network and waste bandwidth. Every single spam message increases bandwidth cost – worst case spam consumes more than 55% of your entire network.
Companies ranging from big names that have dedicated department of IT security to small enterprises, which spend a very small proportion of their annual budget on web security, are plagued by unproductive bandwidth. Furthermore, governments at all levels – local and regional – have tried to implement legislation aimed at spammers, unfortunately this has not helped fight spam sufficiently as spammers are able to continue their criminal activities using the latest and most advanced technologies.
Those who submit spam mails have build their community consisting of several networkds of hosted servers and advanced attack techniques. A number of studies have shown that spam are draining financial resources and posting security threats to organizations by exposing their networks to malware, spyware and other malicious codes.
These severe security issues calls for effective outsourced malware email solutions for mail servers in order to be able to prevent the security threat and reduce operation costs. Organisations can especially protect themselves better against online security issues using outsourced hosted servers and services.
One strong feature of employing outsourced hosted server is time saving as companies do not need to be worry about hardware/software integration and maintenance of installed equipments. Trained and experienced personnel keep and eye on their systems 24/7 and ensure removal of all spam before it is passed to the company’s internal network and the end users.
The hassle of clearing user inbox everyday rests with the outsourced hosted server, which also provides valuable information that makes the process understandable to less tech-friendly users.
Author:Julia Sue-Beck











