Architel launched its new hosted SPAM filter of the same name SpiderFilter™.

What is SpiderFilter™?

Architel’s SpiderFilter™ system reads each email that is passed through it and categorizes the contents of the messages based on four criteria:

• Managed Rules. This list is maintained by several anti-spam groups and contains approximately 1600+ rules that help SpiderFilter™ identify SPAM.

• Bayesian Filtering. Each submitted message is fingerprinted and stored in a database. The system analyzes the number of similar messages and the frequency of certain words in the same email allowing it to identify likely SPAM.

• Real-time Black Listing (RBL). Various RBL providers publish lists of known SPAMMERS and SpiderFilter™ is able to cross reference email sent to your users against this list to identify email from known SPAMMERS.

• Pyzor/Razor. Each message is assigned a unique identifier and then checked against a database of all reported SPAM messages.

Architel’s SpiderFilter™ system, with our latest upgrade in February 2005, is now identifying 93% of all likely SPAM messages.

How does SpiderFilter™ work?

All messages that pass through the SpiderFilter™ system that are considered by to be SPAM are tagged by pre-pending the [SPAM] tag to the beginning of the message’s subject. Users can, with this simple addition, create a rule in Outlook and other mail clients to process these messages however they see fit. They can delete the messages, keep them in their inbox, or move them to a SPAM folder.

How much does SpiderFilter™ cost?

Architel’s SpiderFilter™ is free for all Architel® clients. SpiderFilter™ is available for a monthly fee for non-Architel clients. For more information visit: SpiderFilter.