Platformity announces anti-spam solution for clients

Johannesburg, 01 Feb 2007

Platformity today announced, after much research and several abortive attempts, that it has found an anti-spam solution called MailStripper that is able to be run at ISP level, but still deliver the control needed for any organisation or user set-up.

The system has many advanced anti-spam mechanisms that all work in tandem to identify and stop spam.

"Platformity configures the software on a per domain or on a per user set-up and redirects the mail to a certain 'stream'," commented Julian Swart, MD of Platformity.

"A stream is a set of rules that is unique to a client and is able to be customised on a rules and features basis. However, as no more one size fits all, a company can have a single stream, if they wish the rules to apply to all staff equally, or it can be a stream for each department, or even each user. The complete user/rule set-up is done via the customer's own Web interface.

"The software has the ability to remove non-work-type attachments, eg MP3, mpegs or gifs, which can be either quarantined or deleted," continued Swart. "Even so, the end-user recipient is still informed of the missing attachment and possible recovery processes that may be available. Rules to either strip and/or delete certain attachments, or to strip and hold certain attachments, prevent a large amount of user's personal junk mail, jokes, etc, entering into the work network. Before an e-mail is accepted for a domain, a check is undertaken with the server to verify that the recipients e-mail address is a valid one."

"Platformity have deployed appropriate hardware to perform these tasks," concluded Swart. "Our system includes full failover, and, in the event of a major system failure, e-mails will be delivered without been scanned, but will include in them a banner in the subject line indicating such a situation."

Platformity has introduced the above product free of charge to all its leased line and hosted clients. The free service offers a domain-wide catchall account that allows its clients to immediately take control of their e-mail. Companies may upgrade to per user/per department rules at a small additional cost.

For further information, please contact Julian Swart on telephone (011) 918 7396; fax (011) 388 8956; cell 083 701 5650; e-mail julians@platform.co.za.

Platformity

Platformity is a South African Internet service provider that was established in 1999 as a new generation network based on an open platform design. This was done with the vision of being able to cater for future developments within the telecommunications market, such as VOIP, with minimal change.

Platformity provides the infrastructure 'clout' of the larger ISP players yet retains the flexibility of being a smaller operator and thus being able to cater for the specific and niche needs of its clients whose business is often totally dependent on uninterrupted access to the Internet. Platformity has a large base of customers from numerous vertical markets, including the healthcare sector, many of whom have international links. However, it tends to specialise in the SME marketplace and enjoys a client retention rate in excess of 95%. Platformity offers support via its strategic partners nationwide and also boasts its own co-location data centre.

Platformity is a member of ISPA and thus complies with its code of conduct.

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