Without effective software, hardware products such as anti-spam appliances would not be possible. Imagine a race car with an economy-car engine or a modern server powered by an Intel 286 processor.

spam, By 2008, the Framingham, Mass.-based research firm forecasted, worldwide revenues of anti-spam solutions -- software and hosted services -- will run to $1.7 billion.

Two prominent open-source software groups have rejected a proposed technology standard backed by Microsoft Corp. that would close a loophole used to send unsolicited commercial (“spam”) e-mail ...

Microsoft Tuesday reversed course and announced it was making its anti-spam technology, dubbed Intelligent Message Filter (IMF), available to all Exchange 2003 customers, not just those who have ...

Raymond said spam filters automatically remove all messages considered spam–all unsolicited communications sent in bulk. As a result, some desirable marketing messages or necessary information often ...

Microsoft Corp. has tapped IronPort Systems Inc. to provide anti-spam protections for its MSN and Hotmail e-mail services, the companies announced Wednesday. IronPort will provide Microsoft with ...

Appliances are a much better choice than software for spam protection because they address the broad range of security threats facing large companies, small businesses, service providers, and ...