ELIMINATE THE SPAM TRAP : TOP SECURITY TIPS
The global spam rate has topped 86 per cent – but our research and analysis indicate that Australian businesses are over exposed with levels exceeding 90 per cent, or more in some targeted industries. Small to medium sized businesses are also a primary target, as spammers focus on those less likely to have a spam filtering service in place.
Top five email anti spam tips:
- Don’t click any links in spam, even unsubscribe – web addresses of links and reply or remove options contained with a spam email are often disguised and serve to establish a direct channel between your computer and spammers.
- Check the checkboxes – when you’re purchasing or joining online, opt out of third party contact and prevent your email address from being passed on.
- No pictures, please – downloading images, even to the preview panel, in spam can identify you as a recipient so view emails in text only or set email security to block external images.
- Don’t post your primary email address on the web – email addresses used anywhere on the web are at immediate risk of being used by spammers.
- Be unusual – spammers use directories of common names to guess email addresses, so unusual email addresses or those with numbers in them will reduce spam.
Best of all, a spam filter service will do the worrying for you. Your ISP can filter out spam before it reaches your inbox, or a managed email anti spam service will remove spam at the internet level using industry-leading technology to eliminate disruption to legitimate mail flow. MessageLabs Hosted Email AntiSpam filter ensures that:
- users don’t spend time filtering through messages
- legitimate mail is received
- spam is removed before it reaches your network, reducing bandwidth usage
- users can open messages without launching a virus and you don’t have to spend time recovering from an infection
- you can have confidence in the service’s effectiveness, with one-click reports to support it.
For more information on our Hosted Email AntiSpam Solution,
return to the Email AntiSpam Overview or
contact our sales consultants.