How does XE-Filter work with hosted email services?
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XE-Filter improves the effectiveness of
hosted email
services and gives you control of
additional filtering
techniques. These hosted email services do not
historically filter incoming email by the "Country of Origin"
of the originating email server. This "hole" in their
service increases the total
volume of email that must be filtered.
With XE-Filter in place,
the volume of spam is reduced before it ever
reaches the existing hosted email service.
This
improves server efficiency and reduces the number spam messages
that may pass through the hosted service
and reach the intended recipient.
When using XE-Filter with a hosted email service, a
company must have
their own domain name, business grade Internet connectivity and
static IP addresses.
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How do I set up XE-Filter and my hosted email service?
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Have your Internet service provider modify your
domain's MX record to point to the static IP address
of the machine running XE-Filter |
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Inbound email will now flow to the XE-Filter
machine. Here XE-Filter's
multiple layers of
protection refuse all unwanted messages |
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Filtered by
XE-Filter, the permitted email is redirected to the hosted email server.
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End users will receive their email
as normal but with
much less spam. They do not have to change any
settings. |
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More Questions: XE-Filter and
Hosted eMail Services |
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My hosted email service already filters spam. Why do
I need XE-Filter?
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A hosted email service cannot provide all of the
extended protection offered by
XE-Filter. This includes filtering by country of
origin and other tactics that supplement any outsourced filtering service.
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Why can't my service just add "Country-of-Origin"
filtering? |
Every business is different, so every business will ban and allow
email from different countries. It is unlikely that a
hosted email
service could implement this form of XE-Filter
protection.
Spam is a global problem and originates from many foreign
sources. XE-Filter easily eliminates this spam. |
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What IP is used when
configuring XE-Filter as the destination for filtered
messages? |
Check your current DNS MX
configuration and note the IP address set for your
domain. This will be your hosted email
server.
This IP is then used with XE-Filter as
the destination. This IP setting is actually
in the IIS SMTP server configuration. CMS technicians will
assist in this setup.
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