Killing the Corporate Hydra: Spam E-Mail

IV. Summary

For enterprises looking for powerful, yet low-maintenance
way to defeat the “spam hydra,” McAfee SpamKiller
solutions, powered by SpamAssassin, are an ideal choice.
SpamAssassin is unique in that it is the only anti-spam
engine available today that provides integrated five-level
protection for spam detection; most other anti-spam
solutions provide only a subset of the SpamAssassin
protection, which comprises:

• Integrity Analysis
• Heuristic Detection
• Content Filtering
• Blacklists and Whitelists
• Self-Tuning

As a result, while other systems have spam-catch rates
of 40 to 70 percent, SpamKiller products were designed
to provide excellent detection rates with very low false
positive rates straight “out of the box.” These detection
rates can be even further improved with rapid selftuning.
For example, the SpamAssassin detection rate
starts at 95 percent “out of the box” (i.e., with zero user
personalization) and then can quickly rise as the system
is personalized to the company and individual users.

Likewise, its low “out of the box” false positive rate is
less than one in 2,000 messages (0.05 percent);
SpamKiller products additionally incorporate self-tuning
systems that are designed to lower this number further.
After approximately one week of operation, the false
positive rate is very close to zero.

The McAfee SpamKiller product family is ideal for
today’s IT resource-strapped small businesses and
enterprises, offering an Internet-independent solution
with a tiered product architecture. SpamKiller products

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