New Mail Filtering System!
We are in the process of installing a new mail filtering system to replace our existing SonicWall Email Security servers. The new systems, BorderWare Security Platform and Borderware Quarantine Server, will handle all in and outbound mail filtering for the college. They utilize new technology that promises to drop 85% or more of inbound spam when it attempts to connect to the college. The college currently receives in excess of 1,000,000 messages per day, of which about 95% is spam. Our current system examines each message, drops definite spam, and quarantines the remaining 15% of questionable mail in your junk box. The new system does the same general thing, but will reject the definite spam based on a variety of criteria, without loading down the system to evaluate the message itself. It’s called connection level blocking.
We’ll be turning on inbound filtering for edisto.cofc.edu in the next day or so.
I think you’ll find the Quarantined Email Summary that you’ll receive to be very intuitive. If you need a little extra help, look at this document:
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