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The Antispam engine is the most important part of the Email Protection system. With literally millions of spam messages heading for your inbox every month, optimal configuration of this service is essential to improving the efficiency of your network and staff.

Syneto implements a 2 layer scanning engine for your protection [Fig. 1]:

  • 1st Layer – 3 protection engines at SMTP protocol level (Greylist, Tarpit, Commtuouch IP Reputation) scans for clues about the SPAM status of the incoming message.
  • 2nd Layer – refers to content based scanning. At this level, another 3 engines check each email and it’s contents: Commtouch Antispam and Zero Hour Virus Outbreak Protection, Bayesian Filter and Syneto Antivirus.

[Fig. 1] – Syneto multilayer email protection

The user retains full control over any suspicious email’s destination, being able to configure any details and settings related to  the email scanning process.

Since October 2009, Syneto has entered into an OEM agreement with Commtouch, the web security technology company.Commtouch’s Anti-Spam, Zero-Hour Virus Outbreak Protection, GlobalView Mail Reputation Services and IP Reputation are treadmark tools for improving threat detection rates. 
 

[Fig. 2] – Commtouch global feedback loop

Commtouch provides proven Internet security technology to more than 150 security companies and service providers including 1&1, Check Point, F-Secure, Google, Microsoft, Panda Security, Rackspace, Syneto, US Internet, WatchGuard and Webroot,, for integration into their solutions.Their technology automatically analyzes billions of Internet transactions in real-time in its global data centers to identify new threats as they are initiated, enabling our partners to protect end-users from spam and malware, and ensure safe, compliant browsing. The company’s expertise in building efficient, massive-scale security services has resulted in mitigating Internet threats for thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of users in 190 countries.

The key Commtouch services – Anti-Spam, Zero-Hour™ Virus Outbreak Protection, GlobalView™ Mail Reputation Services, GlobalView™ URL Filtering – all provide information for each other in a comprehensive, self-learning feedback loop that learns locally as well as globally.