How our Anti-Spam solution works

	Step 1: When some send a email, his internet provider search the corresponding mail server. For that, he ask the destination to DNS servers.
	Step 2: The DNS servers reply sending the MX records of the domain name.
	Step 3: The outgoing mail server know now where to send the mail, and the emails are sended to the LuxHosting Network, which is protected by a professional hardware Firewall.
	Step 4: The incoming emails are scanned by one of our gateway appliances. This appliance will extract the email and scan it for spam and viruses. All this checks are executed in some seconds, and using our rules.
	Step 5: Once the e-mail is checked, it will be delivered to your mail server or mailbox.
	Step 6: If one of the appliances is not available, then the emails are automatically forwarded and saved at our second appliance, in our second network.
	Step 7: As soon the network is again available, the spooled emails are forwarded to the main destination.

ADVANTAGE: Due to the combination of our 2 different networks and 2 MailFoundry anti-spam and anti-virus appliances, then LuxHosting can guarantee the reception of all your sollicited emails, also if one appliance or network have a technical issue.

About MailFoundry's technology

MailFoundry's MessageIQ scan engine uses a layered approach that maximizes kill rates and minimizes false positives by not using 'scoring' or rating systems for identifying spam - those systems are plagued by high false positive rates and are really only 'guessing' at spam.

The core layer for threat identification are the spam signature files, these signatures are created and managed by human spam editors who look at spam 24x7x365. MailFoundry release new spam updates every 5 minutes to ensure that our hardware has the latest rule sets to defeat spam attacks as they happen.

MailFoundy's spam signatures are designed around actual identified spam. The system isn't guessing at identifying incoming email which is why the false positives are the lowest in the industry.

Why using MailFoundry ?

Trusted
MailFoundry's anti-spam engine, "MessageIQ" was designed from the ground up to protect your message while taking care of spam, viruses and other email threats.

Proven
For over four years MailFoundry has been eliminating spam from email for over 2 million mailboxes world-wide.

Effective
MailFoundry is very effective at killing spam, but the real benefit is in our false positive rates. We lead the industry with a false positive rate of less than 1 in 1 million. Some customers have seen only one false positive in over four years of service.

Easy to Use
MailFoundry is a 'hands off' system meaning that administrators and end users are not spending time managing the system for rule creation, etc.

What happens to the spam ? If an email is flagged as Spam it's not deleted but held on the MailFoundry for 15 days. You will be sent an email digest at 14pm each day which will contain a list of the emails that have been filtered out by the MailFoundry appliance. This should contain 100% pure spam, but you have the option to read the emails and release them to your inbox if required. Note: if an email account does not have any email marked as Spam then you will not be sent an email digest.

What if spam gets through?

Should any Spam make it's way to your inbox you can report it to MailFoundry by forwarding it AS ATTACHMENT to spam@mailfoundry.com. A spam editor will then review the forwarded email and add new definitions if possible to ensure it's filtered in future.