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Double Network SMTP Virus Filter

28/12/201921/10/2017 by Mark Smith

Unlike some of our competition, we perform a double virus filter as standard. We not only virus protect your incoming emails, we additionally protect your business by scanning outbound emails from your company LAN thereby stopping your whole domain from being blacklisted should a single PC be infected within your business.

Server Node Move

28/12/201913/12/2016 by Mark Smith

One big advantage of running a multiple node cluster for spam filtering with multi node software redundancy on all network server nodes is that we could last night pull the node called MX2 from production, thereby only running on 3 of 4 nodes, and move it from Boston to Ashburn with no effect to our … Read more

Another Server Node Added

28/12/201922/02/2016 by Mark Smith

We have added yet another server node into our multi country server cluster. In doing so, we have also renamed our servers altering the dedications slightly. MX1 – Charles Hazlitt Upham VC+Bar MX2 – Thomas Ward Custer Double MoH MX3 – Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC+Bar MX4 – Arthur Martin-Leake VC+Bar Please note that for our … Read more

Server Nodes Dedicated

28/12/201926/07/2015 by Mark Smith

All of our servers are named after prominent people. We have decided to dedicate our server filtering nodes after:- Noel Godfrey Chavasse Arthur Martin-Leake Charles Hazlitt Upham All soldiers have received the honour of the VC (Victoria Cross) and Bar.

Server Node Added MX3

28/12/201901/03/2015 by Mark Smith

We have kept node MX3 in reserve, but to allow better failover and load balancing for clients, we have now added node MX3 permanently into the cluster to allow clients the ability to route email via multiple country paths.

Shell Shock Bug

28/12/201921/12/2014 by Mark Smith

As a precaution, all of our servers have now been successfully patched.

New Software Version 2.2.449

27/12/201905/07/2014 by Mark Smith

Version 2.3.449 has been released incorporating the following new or improved features:- SSL security for portal Better HTML rendering Support for base64

Game Over Zeus

27/12/201902/06/2014 by Mark Smith

Our network spam filter is very aggressive at blocking links and attachments, the usual way that this viral payload is delivered. Therefore, the risk to Spam Safe Mail users is determined to be low.

New Software Version 2.2.406

27/12/201930/04/2014 by Mark Smith

Version 2.2.406 has been released of our popular network spam filtering service with the following additional new features:- Automatic IP address failover DNS record checking Faster email redelivery

Inbound Email Requirements

From the 1st June 2024, in order to send emails to users on (or via) Spam Safe Mail, sending email servers need to adhere to the following strict standards for inbound emails... Requirement Overview Here is a quick at a glance overview of the requirements for sending to users on… More… →
New DKIM Security Standards

During 2024, many of the large email service providers will be introducing new security standards to email to cut down on spam email, and eliminating attacks where someone purports to be someone else in order to scam money from them. This is going to hinge around some new technologies that… More… →
Updated SPF Record 2024

As part of our ongoing excellence for service, we have updated our SPF (Sender Policy Framework) record that technial staff should use from 2024 onwards, especially when publishing DKIM and DMARC records. SPF Record The new SPF record is... v=spf1 a mx include:spamsafemail.net -all Alternative SPF Record Please note: the… More… →
Digitally Signed S/MIME Emails

How can you be sure that the email has come from who it purports to represent? And how do you stop a received email from being changed? Well read on... In searching the Internet, there are many tutorials on how to setup your chosen email software client for digital certificates,… More… →
Hotmail and AOL Spam PDF Attachments

We have had a considerable number of complaints of spam emails containing PDF attachments coming from the Hotmail and AOL email networks. Normally, PDF attachments are allowed straight through, but, due to the high volume of complaints, we have removed PDF attachments from the accepted file list so that it… More… →
Google Outage

It was confirmed today by Down Detector that Google had an outage across their whole platform, affecting GMail, Google searches, YouTube and others. This will affect any emails that you are sending to GMail today, and it may be that the recipient has not yet received their email from you.… More… →
Festive Emails

Well the season of silly emails has already started early this year. Please remember, don't open attachments on joke emails, this is one way a computer pandemic starts! →
Increase In Spam Emails

We have seen a recent increase in the number of spam emails, both phishing attacks and also marketing emails. We are successfully blocking both by our excellent and aggressive network spam email filter. The main problem is that business are being forced to resort to other forms of marketing, and… More… →
Thanking the NHS
EasyJet Hacked

This is a little worrying, 9 million email addresses hacked. Expect an increase in attempted phishing attacks... For more information, please see the BBC website at... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52722626 →