In an effort to provide our hosting customers increased spam protection, we will be upgrading our mail servers this weekend. This upgrade is scheduled for a maintenance window of 11:00pm - 1:00am Eastern Standard Time. Mail services will be unavailable for a short duration (approximately 20 minutes) during the maintenance window while your server is upgraded. Mail services affected include both inbound and outbound mail and the webmail application.

SmarterMail Version 4.x provides several new features that will improve mail handling:

• Built-In ClamAV SmarterMail comes with ClamAV anti-virus installed and ready to go, right out of the box. ClamAV is a premier, open-source project offering superior protection that resides on the primary mail server, or—in high volume environments—on a remote server. More information about ClamAV is available at their website: www.clamav.net.
• Greylisting Greylisting dramatically reduces spam by making it wait to be received by the server. When an email message arrives at the SmarterMail server from an unfamiliar host or domain, the greylisting function refuses the message for a period of time (specified by the System Administrator). Legitimate message senders will retry to send the message a short time later, depending on their settings. Spam message senders tend to blast large volumes of email without repetition or electronic follow-up. The resend attempt made by a sender is a reasonable indicator of legitimacy. Mail that passes this test is released and delivered to the destination inboxes. Users who do not want to take advantage of this feature can disable Greylisting with a single setting change.
• Built-in Spam Assassin SmarterMail 4.x comes equipped with SpamAssassin right out of the box. This proven anti-spam technology takes every email that crosses your mail server, both inbound and outbound, and runs a series of checks to determine if the message is spam. SpamAssassin is a premier, open-source project offering superior protection. Additional information about SpamAssassin is available at their website: www.spamassassin.apache.org.

For more information, or to receive support for your services, please contact us at support@hortocam.com or call 913-220-2204.

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