Challenge

1. To significantly reduce receipt of unsolicited and/or spam emails
2. To filter offensive and inappropriate emails
3. To prevent transmission of confidential company information
4. To increase productivity by decreasing the time employees spend identifying and removing junk email
5. To discourage personal use of company email
6. To enforce an Email Acceptable Use Policy
7. To find a solution tightly integrated with MS-Exchange Server

Solution

Implement The FPA Enterprise-Wide AntiSpam Solution utilizing  Abaca’s Email Protection Gateway (EPG) .

What is Abaca's Email Protection Gateway (EPG)?

Abaca’s EPG is an advanced email filtering system with a Microsoft Outlook plug-in and compatibility with all email servers (SMTP). This Gateway is an appliance designed to comprehensively protect your organization’s email server from viruses, spam, and phishing attacks. The Abaca software coupled with Abaca’s ReceiverNet Receiver Reputation System relies on highly effective, mathematical formulas to filter out unwanted and suspect messages and place them into quarantine. Not only does Abaca deliver 99% spam filtering accuracy and a near zero rate for false positives, but it creates a personal quarantine folder for each unique user in which suspect emails are rated and presented in order of lowest likelihood of spam or phishing content.

What are its benefits?

Hundreds of hours of productivity are lost weekly to poor email filtering – that’s time your employees could be spending on making your business more profitable. Without an effective monitoring system, junk emails permeate user accounts, creating great annoyance and presenting opportunities for breaches in network security.

Abaca’s EPG was designed with efficiency in mind; it uses complex “learning” algorithms to filter out 99% of unwanted emails, including spam, potentially dangerous phishing emails, and infected attachments. Thanks to the solution’s level of accuracy and ease of use, administrative management of accounts is almost completely eliminated. Each unique user receives personalized quarantine notifications, with only the messages having the lowest probability of containing spam or phishing content listed at the top. Much more than a means of reducing spam, the FPA Enterprise-Wide AntiSpam Solution immediately blocks emails from sources deemed “unsafe” and continuously updates virus protection using the Authentium anti-virus solution.

The FPA Enterprise-wide AntiSpam Solution Technical Process

Configuring the filter correctly is the key to a successful implementation. We work directly with our clients to program the conditions and rules needed to filter the emails appropriately. We rigorously test each rule as they are being set to review the outcome and confirm that it is accurately meeting our clients' needs. Once the initial rules are set, we setup a testing and review period allowing additional review and refinement of the rules as new "live" emails are run through the system.

Technical Requirements

Software

• Abaca Email Protection Gateway (*Available as EPG 100, 1,000, and 3,000 depending on your business' needs)

Compatibility

For MS-Exchange Server:

For SMTP:

Memory

• 256 MB Recommended
• 128 MB Required

Disk Space

• 1 GB

Additional Requirements  (for SMTP)

• Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5
• TCP/IP installed and configured
• Dedicated Internet Connection
• Internal and External DNS configured
• MS Internet Explorer 5.0 (or Netscape  Communicator 4.75) or above
• Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007

To find out more about the FPA Enterprise-Wide AntiSpam Solution for your organization, contact FPA at 818-501-3390 or email us at info@fpainc.com.