Spam and viruses are becoming an increasing problem for site owners, to the point that many webmasters receive more junk and security threats than they do legitimate email each day. It is estimated that over 50% of mail circulating around the Internet at any given time is comprised of spam or email viruses.

Remember the SoBig virus? Well over 1 million computers were infected within the first couple of days. SoBig caused more damage to in August 2003 than did the Klez virus for the entire year of 2002. 

Spam and viruses cause you stress, frustration and cost you money - in time spent dealing with it, through blown out mailboxes, excess storage fees and in actual damage through infection.

ThinkHost has recognized this challenge and employs some of the finest email filtering systems on the market; at no extra charge whatsoever to our clients. The process occurs on our servers, there's nothing you need to install.

Our approach is two-tiered:

Anti-spam

Our advanced email filtering system has a number of stages. By referencing "known spammer" lists maintained by several organizations such as SpamCop and SpamHaus; we totally block great deal of spam in the first stage.
 

Anti-virus

Our virus filtering software contains a regularly updated database of current and past viruses as well as a series of other criteria for examining email. Each email is automatically scanned for potentially damaging file attachments and scripts. If a virus is found, it is automatically stripped from the email, but the email itself is still forwarded to you with a warning in the email message text regarding the attachment.

We truly care about our clients and constantly strive to provide them with the best hosting they've ever experienced. Learn more about why our clients think that we are "simply the smart choice" in web site hosting or select a hosting plan and join us today! We look forward to welcoming you to ThinkHost.