BIGFOOT COMMUNICATIONS FIGHTS SPAM WITH AN ENHANCED ANTI-SPAM SOLUTION

Hong Kong (PRWEB) December 4, 2003 -Spam, which will give e-

mail users a more manageable and convenient solution to everyday spam problem. Powered by SpamChaser, this new Anti-Spam solution aims to eliminate spam e-mails before they reach the user, making e-mail management a more pleasant experience.

The continuous upsurge of spam e-mails received by every e-mail user, has led to the development of a better and more efficient Bigfoot Anti-Spam solution. Recent studies show that spam has definitely become an unwelcome part of e-mail life, with spam comprising about 50 to 60% of all e-mails received, making it cumbersome and more difficult for users to read legitimate email messages.

According to a study done by Network World Fusion, the average user receives about 59 e-mail messages each business day and spends 77 minutes each week managing his or her mailbox. An Osterman Research survey revealed that users that do not employ any spam-blocking technology spend around 150% more time dealing with spam than users that are protected by such technology.

“We’re glad to be able to equip our subscribers with a more reliable and effective anti-spam technology to face the growing spam problem.” Nikolay Butvin, Bigfoot Communications’ Chief Operating Officer said. “With the new Bigfoot Anti-Spam solution, we’re confident that our users will have a virtually spam-free e-mail experience.”

About Bigfoot Anti-Spam

The new Bigfoot Anti-Spam Solution takes on a multi-level approach to spam filtering as it employs leading-edge technology provided by SpamChaser. The three filtering levels are:

·    Identity Specification Metrics – which checks the origin of the e-mail in our proprietary whitelists and blacklists

·    Content Characteristic Analysis – e-mail is validated against a set of predetermined spam signatures

·    Statistical Inference Algorithm – e-mail content is scanned for spam indicators using automated statistical techniques

The combination of these filtering techniques makes it harder for spammers to manipulate spam messages they send to get through the filters, assuring subscribers of more than 90% effectiveness rate. A low rate of false positives of less than one false positive in every 1 million messages tagged as spam, makes it a very accurate spam-blocking tool.

Bigfoot Anti-Spam is very adaptive as it quickly “learns” or detects spam patterns and adapts its filters simultaneously. It is very convenient, with no action required from the end-user, like installing software, or manually setting up filtering options.

About Bigfoot

Bigfoot is part of the Bigfoot Group, a privately owned group of companies providing synergized innovative web services and web-based communication products to localized markets worldwide.

Bigfoot started out as a directory and e-mail forwarding service in 1995 and has grown to become a diverse communications powerhouse offering products and services for the world market.

Bigfoot Anti-Spam Solution is part of Email Tools, one of the services offered by Bigfoot. Other services include Web Tools, Mobile Messaging, and Telephony.

Bigfoot is dedicated to simplifying and personalizing the web experience for you and powering your business’ growth therefore adding maximum value to your business as well as our own. At present, we serve over 2 million e-mail forwarding accounts and maintain an e-mail directory listing of over 50 million strong.

Check out http://www.bigfoot.com to know how you can power your business with Bigfoot’s value added solutions.

Contact: Daisy Vargas, PR Associate, Bigfoot Communications, 18153665150, daisy.vargas@asia.bigfoot.com

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