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Mailscreen Content and Attachment Filtering

As with the security threats posed by viruses and worms, organizations are now becoming more aware of the risk and liability associated with inappropriate content and attachments in email. This damaging power exists in emails that contain racially-insensitive material, offensive jokes, or company-sensitive information, and attachments that contain pornographic images or viruses, or that are so large they devour network bandwidth.

These risks are no match for Mailscreen Content and Attachment Filtering, an essential component of our comprehensive, network-edge email defense solutions. Content and Attachment Filtering is the most effective way to eliminate threats stealthily embedded in email content and malevolently attached to incoming messages. From a content filtering perspective, our solution:

  • Supports specific keyword filtering for organizations that require unique filtering policies
  • Blocks inbound and outbound transmission of proprietary data, profanity, and inappropriate content
  • Incorporates multi-level HTML protection against web bugs and spam beacons
  • Group policies management for customizing policies to meet the unique needs of user groups

Mailscreen Content and Attachment Filtering also protects the messaging network from the bandwidth-draining effects of dangerously-sized or malicious attachments.

Available as part of our comprehensive email defense solutions, Mailscreen Content and Attachment Filtering is critical to overall email network protection.

Main Features and Benefits

Mailscreen Content and Attachment Filtering is the most effective way to eliminate threats stealthily embedded in email content and malevolently attached to incoming messages. With our email defense solutions that include filtering for inappropriate content and attachments, businesses can successfully:

  • Eliminate bandwidth-draining effects of dangerously-sized attachments
  • Reduce risk of future spamming attacks by blocking spam beacons and web bugs
  • Increase employee productivity and control
  • Safeguard business integrity
  • Control distribution of proprietary information
  • Reduce legal liabilities associated with inappropriate content
  • Protect information assets

Key features of Mailscreen Content and Attachment Filtering include:

  • Content filtering by keywords or phrases
  • Attachment filtering by type and size
  • Web bug and spam beacon blocking
  • Group policies management for customizing policies to meet the unique needs of user groups
  • Safe, external quarantine management
  • Up-to-the-minute defense
  • Around-the-clock monitoring and protection

A closer look

To reduce the myriad of legal issues that can be associated with the delivery and receipt of email, it is vital for organizations to incorporate robust content and attachment filtering as part of an overall anti-spam and anti-virus defense.

Email protection customized to support unique corporate policies

Mailscreen Content and Attachment Filtering supports specific keyword filtering and attachment control - especially important for those organizations that require specific corporate filtering policies be established for both incoming and outgoing messages. In addition to standard keyword "buckets" developed by Mailscreen, organizations have the flexibility to program their filtering policies to meet their unique needs through Group policies management. The service can be easily configured to:

  • Block inbound and outbound emails containing specific keywords
  • Prohibit outbound delivery of private or corporate data
  • Block profanity and racially- or sexually-insensitive terms
  • Customize content and attachment policies to meet the needs of specific user groups

Attachment filtering keeps out large, malicious files

Dangerously-sized or malicious attachments are also threatening to the messaging networks. In combination with our spam blocking detection technology, Content and Attachment Filtering can be programmed to monitor email traffic and filter attachments according to business-specific configurations. Based on specific parameters, the service will:

  • Block the delivery of oversize files
  • Prevent emailing of specific MIME media types (.exe, .vbs, .mp3, etc.)
  • Protect the network from archive files (e.g., .zip) that can disable message servers

HTML protection blocks the bugs and filters suspect text

Because malware can now take many forms, Mailscreen provides multi-level HTML content protection designed to identify and block spam beacons or web bugs. These intrusive, almost unperceivable tags embedded in HTML give spammers the ability to monitor end-user activity and obtain certain information about them. This HTML shield:

  • Denies spammers from knowing when or if their spam email is being read
  • Prevents spammers from verifying recipient email addresses
  • Can be configured to filter suspect HTML, JavaScript, ActiveX and applets

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If you are interested to find out more how Mailscreen can help your organization to increase your email security, call us at +46-8-544 406 00 or enter your contact details into our contact form.