The Defender's High Performance design gives you maximum reliability.
The DefenderMX has best of breed inside. Using today's advanced system components and software makes the DefenderMX unbeatable. DefenderMX is designed from the ground up to provide many years of reliable, trouble free service.
Layered Defense for your Network
The DefenderMX captures viruses, trojans and possible malicious code as soon as it enters your Network, before it gets to your servers and users. Having multiple layers of security is the best way to protect your network and with the DefenderMX in the front lines, your level of Network security is greatly enhanced.
Easy Installation
The DefenderMX is a reliable and powerful spam blocking solution that is also extremely easy to install and maintain. Most customers install their DefenderMX in only 15 minutes.
AntiSpam
Blacklisting of websites and domains: Our central servers maintain an up to date list of the largest and most aggressive known spammers. This list is maintained by both us and other anti-spam groups. This list is automatically updated on your DefenderMX
Our scanning methods include a scoring system such that emails are scored based on a number of criteria. If the score is above a threshold, then that email is flagged as spam. The DefenderMX comes with default criteria and thresholds but you may change these.
Checksum Technology: Central servers monitors email traffic through the Internet and uses checksum technology to keep track of the number of times a particular message has appeared on the Internet. If a message has appeared over a certain number of times, it is categorized as known spam. Checksums of known spam messages are utilized by the DefenderMX to block spam messages.
Message Authenticity Checking: Several algorithms are utilized to verify the authenticity of a message. Some of these are simple checks to verify that the “from address” is authentic. Some are more complex relating to SMTP protocol.
Blacklists and Whitelists: Domains, IP’s, and email addresses can be blocked or whitelisted. These lists may be maintained on a per user basis or on a corporate basis.
Rate Controls: Utilized to stop denial of service attacks as well as dictionary based spam attacks. These are integrated and automatic in DefenderMX.
File Type Attachment Blocking: You can block certain types of files, such as vbl scripts, from entering your company.
AntiVirus
Eliminate the risk of infection through email. Using the advanced scanning engine by our partner Avast!, DefenderMX gives your maximum protection from viruses,worms, trojans and rogue code. Withe DefenderMX you can rest assured that your email security is complete.
Management
Managing your DefenderMX is simple. Use our Browser based Management Interface to control all aspects of the software. We've taken the guesswork out of managing your DefenderMX.
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