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5. Black Lists: Setup your mail server(s) with a black list. A black list (black hole list) is a database or listing of known spam sources. Most modern email servers can be configured to query inbound email against online blacklists. Messages originating from these sources can then be blocked. I recommend configuring your email server with SpamHaus blacklist. Spamhaus.org is an excellent free service to use. Some other good blacklists are DBSL and SpamCop. 6. Reverse DNS: Reverse DNS (rDNS) associates an IP Address with a Domain Name. Most mail servers, as an anti-spam feature, often use a reverse DNS lookup to compare an email address domain name with its IP address. If the IP address found from the rDNS lookup does not match the domain name, it is probably spam. If you haven.t done so, setup and configure reverse DNS records on your DNS server. 7. Anti-Virus Scan: There are many tools that provide adequate anti-virus protection for desktops at the workplace. Most anti-virus software is good at detecting viral threats that proliferate email spam such as mass mailing worms, trojans, and directory harvesters. Large organizations might want to use enterprise anti-spam software with management and monitoring tools that will allow tracking of network virus outbreaks. Recommended Links: - http://www.spam-x.com [Postini service . managed filtering, 1 to 500 users] - http://www.postini.com [Postini service . managed filtering, 500+ users] - http://www.spamhaus.org [Blacklist] - http://www.dbsl.org [Blacklist] - http://www.spamcop.net [Blacklist] - http://www.abuse.net/relay.htm [Open relay test] - http://www.dnsreport.com [DNS report/open relay test] - http://www.dnsstuff.com" [Spam database lookup and open relay test] - http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/02/17/spam.zombies.ap [Spam Zombie Article] Email viruses and related threats delivered through spam have cost businesses billions of dollars in expenses and lost productivity. Each spam email sent or received from your domain costs your organization money and bandwidth. By implementing these seven tips, your organization can reduce spam and recover costs. This article: © Copyright 2006 Todd Green and free for republishing. About the author: Todd Green is a partner of a Memphis-based IT consulting firm. He has over fourteen years. experience in the field of Information Technology and has managed security on many corporate networks over the years. He is the owner of SPAM-X, a Postini reseller (http://www.spam-x.com) and a partner for Postini.s preemptive spam and virus filtering service. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Todd_Green Back to: Tips 1 - 3 |