How do you feel about spam – not the meat product, but the incoming stream of unsolicited emails from the anonymous depths of the Internet? You probably regard it as a serious challenge to your business's safety, sanity and efficiency. Unfortunately, ordinary software filters aren't usually enough to keep your workplace free of spam. That's why our Austin IT support company offers a stronger anti-spam solution.

 The first known spam email was sent way back in 1978, long before the World Wide Web ever existed. As computer interfaces and protocols grew more sophisticated, so did the methods employed, both by legitimate businesses and unscrupulous individuals, to hit as many human beings as possible with their emailed promotions and enticements. Many of today's spam emails contain links or attachments can inject malware directly onto your computer or server, or take you to a bogus website that strips sensitive data from unwary prey.

Why do the spammers seem to have it so easy? Because the SMTP email protocol enables them to slap together accounts, push out massive spam campaigns and then simply shut down the accounts. It allows makes it easy for them to fake “From” addresses and trick standard email software filters. If you really want to put your company on a spam-free diet, you need to incorporate active spam protection at the server level as part your Austin IT managed solutions.

That's what Gravity Systems' Anti-Spam service offers. Our service analyzes all incoming email on the SMTP server for spam-like characteristics before passing it on to the email client program. You can then view the suspected spam in the form of a daily digest or as tagged files. So stop choking on all that spam – contact our Austin IT support team and let us take it off your organization's plate!

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