NWC Project: Spam Filters Exposed

Tune in to our special RealPlayer stream with NWC Lab Director Ron Anderson to learn how you can avoid the top 10 pitfalls of stamping out spam within your organization.

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• 1. Don't use third-party Real-time Blacklists.
• 2. Don't rely on the vendor's accuracy claims.
• 3. Don't implement a system without first testing all critical features in-house.
• 4. Don't skimp on getting feedback from your users even before you start testing.
• 5. Don't think that you can use mail server rules to control the influx.
• 6. Don't implement a system that will require an extensive amount of administrative overhead.
• 7. Don't spend more money than you have to. No system will be 100% accurate and more money doesn't necessarily equal more accuracy.
• 8. Don't plan to rely on legislative efforts to reduce spam.
• 9. Don't let your users' gratitude go to your head.
• 10. Don't do nothing.

Find out what it takes to combat spam at your office with our inside look at Ron Anderson's review of antispam solutions and why spam spending is an easier sell than even security. Plus, learn the connection between product evaluation and obscure world literature.

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• Is spam spending worse than security spending in terms of dollars spent without revenue?
• Which will be most effective in the war against spam, technology or legislation?
• Is enterpise anti-spam software as effective as we're led to believe?
• Is it counter-productive to have users control their own level of spam protection?
• What's the connection between obscure world literature and antispam software?

Use our spam calculator to estimate the total cost of spam for your organization. Just input the number of employees, their average salary and the number of spam messages received each day, and you can view the costs in productivity, storage, management and downtime. The code is compliments of Barracuda Networks (a participant in our spam review).
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