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Cutting Infrastructure Costs by Stopping Unwanted Mail at the Perimeter: Messaging Infrastructure Filtering: Part 4 of 4

Source: Sendmail
Date: November 2008
Type: Podcast/Audio
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Overview: Sendmail’s podcast “Cutting Infrastructure Costs by Stopping Unwanted Mail at the Perimeter: Messaging Infrastructure Filtering” focuses on how businesses can significantly cut costs by modernizing their messaging infrastructure and stopping unwanted mail. This podcast is the fourth of four editions in this series and focuses on filtering techniques that business can take to reduce unwanted email.

Bob Boucneau – a senior messaging architect at Sendmail with previous experience at BEA Systems – explores different filtering techniques that organizations use, including the early list-based filtering, rule-based filtering, statistical content filtering, quarantine filtering, etc. Bob also outlines the advantages and disadvantages of rule-based techniques and statistical filtering, and the importance of using parallel anti-spam engines to reduce spam. Additionally, he delves into the benefits of taking a holistic approach to modernizing the messaging infrastructure to reduce the amount of mail that touches it.


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