Combatting Email Borne Pests using Open Source Tools
by Joel Sing
ABSTRACT
Recently, the number of email borne pests has increased significantly, causing a flood of useless email to arrive in user mailboxes. This paper details the tools and techniques used by a small hosting provider, in order to combat these pests, namely virii and spam. The methodology used in designing the mail scanning system is detailed, including policy decisions made regarding quarantining, bouncing and notifications. Finally, the effectiveness of the implementation is discussed, along with details of possible future work.
Joel Sing
Ionix Technology
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