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Re: email content monitoring / effectiveness
From: bsec <bsec () cotse net>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:57:49 -0500 (EST)
Laurence, For the last several years, we've had good success with EasyLink's MailWatch utility (www.mailwatch.com). In MailWatch you can set up filters based on addresses and content. The utility is hosted by EasyLink, thus there's nothing to install on your network and no integration issues with your mail server. We initially chose the system to help defend against viruses, but have found it useful now to fight against spam and inappropriate e-mail use. I know there are several other similar solutions out there, but this is the only one I've had any experience with. Good luck, Brett
laurence field <laurence_field () yahoo com> 02/11/03 10:50PM >>>
I would like to get feedback on the quality/usefulness of email content monitoring tools available on the market. Our problem: We need to identify users and monitor email content (scary) as some staff are sending "gossip" to the press about our public internet system reliability, pending IPO gossip / info etc. which then escalates to professional bodies / governments whom in turn start formal investigations - all over an email!!! (we are a financial company). Our mail systems are predominately MS Exchange 2000. We are reviewing some software solutions at the moment to increase our logging of what email is going out/content etc. The volume of email is stagering and should the "bad" users be technically savvy, there seems to be no real way of catching said users who breach our security policy. Additionaly, how well do these systems work by catching key words? I recently heard of a new technology that seems smarter than just key word searches but havent been able to track it down to-date. If anybody could recommend any solutions/feedback on this issue it would be very helpful to us. Many thanks Laurence __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com
Current thread:
- email content monitoring / effectiveness laurence field (Feb 12)
- RE: email content monitoring / effectiveness Scott (Feb 12)
- Re: email content monitoring / effectiveness Douglas K. Fischer (Feb 13)
- Re: email content monitoring / effectiveness Mel (Feb 13)
- Re: email content monitoring / effectiveness theog (Feb 14)
- RE: email content monitoring / effectiveness Sarbjit Singh Gill (Feb 17)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: email content monitoring / effectiveness Moeckel, Sharon (Feb 12)
- RE: email content monitoring / effectiveness David Ellis (Feb 13)
- RE: email content monitoring / effectiveness bryan_khoo (Feb 13)
- Re: email content monitoring / effectiveness bsec (Feb 14)
- RE: email content monitoring / effectiveness Krul Thomas (Feb 14)
- RE: email content monitoring / effectiveness Sarbjit Singh Gill (Feb 19)
- RE: email content monitoring / effectiveness YashPal Singh (Feb 20)