MicroWorld launches X-Spam

MUMBAI: After successful beta testing, MicroWorld Software Services Pvt Ltd has formally announced the commercial launch of X-Spam product "X-Spam for Microsoft Exchange 2000-2003", a spam eXterminator for servers and workstations. MicroWorld is a researcher and developer of Internet communication and security software.

According to the press release, X-Spam for Exchange 2000-2003 (X-Spam) is anti-spam software that protects the Microsoft Exchange 2000-2003 servers from Spam. X-Spam uses advanced Heuristic Filter engine combined with Regular Expression and Meta Tests to positively identify spam and block it. The product uses more than 700 rules of regular expressions to check mail headers and blacklisted servers.

X-Spam fights Spam at two levels. Initially, at the mail protocol level and also after a mail is accepted. If the mail successfully passes through the gateway, it still has to go through a series of special filters that add to the total spam score of the mail. X-Spam has a pre-defined customizable spam threshold. If the total spam score of the mail crosses that threshold, then it is tagged as spam.

X-Spam for Exchange 2000-2003 can be combined with the following MicroWorld products for a complete content security solution: MailScan 4.2a for SMTP Servers, MailScan for SMTP Servers must be installed before X-Spam for Exchange 2000-2003 and MailScan 4.2a for

Exchange 2000-2003.

Availability

The Software is available on a CD with two manuals for more than 100 users. For licenses less than 100, soft copies of the manuals will be provided with the product. It can be bought for one year, two years and three years. It is available on Windows 2000/2003 Server and Exchange Server: 2000 (SP3+) / 2003 platforms.

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