The Big River Telephone spam filter, which was installed in
February of 2004, now blocks eighty-eight percent of the mail
that comes through their servers on a daily basis, according
to Nathan Littlepage, Network Operations Manager for Big River
Telephone.
“Although the filters do not catch all the spam generated,
they are constantly learning and we are pleased with the
volume of unwanted mail they do catch,” said Littlepage.
There are several message level classifications that are
applied to email traffic on Big River’s network, such as
regular (allowed), suspect items which are quarantined, ones
that are blocked outright because they contain a virus, spam,
and an invalid recipient email address.
Since it was installed two years ago, Big River’s spam
filter has blocked almost 130 million of nearly 145 million
messages it has received. Only twelve percent of messages
received were actually allowed to be passed on to email
recipients.
“Some people complain about receiving a lot of spam email
messages, but you have to consider how many you’re not
getting,” said Steve Maldonado, Product Development Manager of
Big River Telephone. “The number of spam emails we receive on
a daily basis is staggering.”
To learn more about how our spam filter can protect you,
please call (800) 455-1608 and speak with one of the Real
People at Big River Telephone.
