Posted on October 3rd, 2008 by admin
Some time ago when some server admins got fed up with all the junk mail they received, they started to track the IP addresses of the servers that sent them spam, and put them on “blacklists.” Any letter received from a server on their blacklist was deleted immediately. It worked pretty well. So they started to share their blacklists with other server admins. And other admins started to add on to those blacklists.
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Posted on October 3rd, 2008 by admin
Managing incoming messages to prevent spam, viruses, and phishing attacks can be a lot of work. That’s why large corporations usually install “email firewalls”, or hire 3rd party vendors (like “Barracuda Firewall” or “Postini”) to handle their incoming email.
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Tags: adaptive filters, barracuda, blacklists, campaigns, email service provider, firewalls, incoming email, incoming messages, ip address, ip addresses, party vendors, phishing attacks, postini, viruses, whitelist
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