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Spam for Breakfast is No Fun At All

Trust me - Waking up to spam for breakfast is no fun!

Like everyone else who works with the Internet, I have seen a massive increase in the amount of spam I receive over the past years.

Furthermore, I regularly have frustrated clients asking if I can do more to filter the spam on our dedicated servers before it gets to them and, if not, what they can do to tackle the time consuming problem.

The problem with increasing the spam filter on our servers is clients begin to lose emails they want to receive.

I hate to sound like one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse but I can only see spamming getting worse. Furthermore, I can never see a time when spam software is just one step ahead of the spammers of the world.

The best thing I can recommend is to put in place a good quality anti-spam & anti-virus software program that automatically searches for regular updates and manages spam filtering with intelligence - that is the more spam it handles the more learned it becomes of your settings.

Anyone active on the internet will undoubtedly receive more spam emails today than they did one year ago, so what we are aiming for here is a manageable process that effectively filters the majority of your spam, learns from its actions, and regularly updates itself against new attacks, allowing you to get on with managing your business.

Yes its frustrating that I receive 100s of spam email each day but it no longer takes up too much of my time since changing from Norton Internet Security to Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite.

Neither I nor my companies belong to any affiliate scheme or make any commission from promoting Zone Alarm, but I can honestly say, it works for us.  And if it becomes as ineffective as Norton became for us, we’ll be asking you for your recommendations!

I know some of our clients are now using Zone Alarm; and considering the lack of calls, I assume its working for them too.  I know at least two use AVG Internet Security.

So, as far as good advice goes, consider buying the best solution not the cheapest and make sure it offers, and you sign up for automatic updates.  And be aware the best anti-spam software won’t necessarily stop you receiving spapm but it will at least manage what can otherwise be, an uncontrollable situation.