What’s New in PreciseMail Anti-Spam
Gateway v3.0
Advanced Infrastructure (AI)
The Advanced Infrastructure (AI) module provides a scalable backbone
for organizations that have deployed multiple high traffic email
systems. It allows organizations to easily manage filtering distributed
among multiple MTAs. Sharing data among many systems simplifies both
management and end-user access. Currently, AI allows sites to consolidate
configuration and filtering statistics. Administrators can run AI
in simple mode, which is a basic client/server system with one master
server, and one or more clients who depend on it. Advanced mode allows
cluster tasks to be distributed across multiple systems.
In order to provide the reliability and high performance required
in this environment, AI includes:
- Compression of data prior to transmitting it between systems.
This reduces bandwidth usage for large transfers.
- Automated network error detection and correction. If one
or more clustered systems are attached to a network segment that
suddenly becomes saturated or otherwise unusable, PreciseMail will
alert the administrator and hold data until the network link regains
functionality. In addition, when a new system is inserted
into a cluster, PreciseMail performs a bandwidth and performance
check and alerts an administrator if they are insufficient.
- Integrated strong cryptography for all data transmission.
- Advanced role processing. This allows administrators to designate
one or more systems to perform a single spam-filtering function
such as message scanning or quarantined message storage.
In addition to its ability to scale to large volume sites with multiple
MTAs, AI will also be incorporating all of the functionality that
is currently in Data Synchronization Cluster module.
Customized Reporting
The on-demand reporting capabilities provide administrators the ability
to generate graphical trend reports at any date or time interval. Administrators
can quickly access a greater level of detail on their message environment.
Advanced Searching Capabilities
The Administrator’s interface includes the ability to search for quarantined
and discarded messages by date, sender, recipient, and subject line. 
User AllowList Enhancements
- Group-based Allowlist – User groups may have a
common allowlist or blocklist that applies to all users in a group.
- Allowlist Editing Capabilities - When users release
messages from quarantine, the senders’ email address that is displayed
in the automated allow list wizard can be edited.
- Automated Allowlist
Import - Users can add their address
book entries to their PreciseMail allowlist quickly and easily through the
web interface. Simply save the address book as a CSV file, click on the browse
button in the PreciseMail user allowlist web page, and upload the file. In
seconds, users will be guaranteed to always receive an email in their Inbox
from their friends, family, and colleagues.
Other Enhancements
- Administrators can specify domain exceptions in DNSBL support (so if
Hotmail.com is blocked, mail from user@hotmail.com would still be allowed)
- The initial load of the Sophos database is staggered to improve the overall
performance.
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