Technologies to Combat Spam

Spam is an ever-increasing issue for anyone with an email account. For the enterprise it leads to lost productivity, storage issues, bandwidth constraints, virus and malware intrusions, and quite possibly legal concerns. In this paper I will give you some background on spam and its proliferation over the last few years, and some of the issues that spam creates. I will explain the different technologies that are available to identify and remove spam, and lastly I will give you information about product offerings from vendors that you may choose to use in your fight against spam. It is not within the scope of this paper to recommend one technology or vendor over another. It is also not in the scope of this paper to explain the intricacies of email systems. My intent is to give you the information about what is available to help eliminate spam in order to help you make a decision as to what best suits your particular situation.