OnlyMyEmail Sets New Record Low for SPAM False Positives

OnlyMyEmail's September Critical False Positive rate was a record low of just 4 instances per Million emails. By contrast, most leading anti-spam solutions would have resulted in 2,500 such CFPs based on a rate of just one quarter of one-percent, which is ordinarily considered a very good rate within the anti-spam industry.

(PRWEB) October 8, 2004 -- OnlyMyEmail, Inc., a technology leader in accuracy for anti-spam systems announces a new record low in their "critical-false-positive" (CFP) results for September 2004.

Critical-false-Positives are legitimate emails that have been incorrectly identified as spam and that would most likely be considered important by the intended recipient. Examples include both personal and business correspondences as well as automated messages confirming online transactions.

OnlyMyEmail's September CFP rate was a record low of just 4 instances per Million emails. By contrast, most leading anti-spam solutions would have resulted in 2,500 such CFPs based on a rate of just one quarter of one-percent, which is ordinarily considered a very good rate within the anti-spam industry.

This milestone of 4 CFP per Million has been achieved as a result of OnlyMyEmail's long-standing operational goal of reducing CFPs to a rate that is more accurate than any existing competitor, and even end-user recognition.

Because corporate users cannot afford the loss of legitimate messages from customers, clients and prospects the CFP rate is often the single most important factor used in anti-spam vendor selection.

While it is theoretically possible to have a lower CFP rate, no other system has proven this ability without allowing for a significant percentage of spam delivery as a result.

For example, an anti-spam system can rely exclusively on "honey-pot" accounts for spam recognition (those not used to receive legitimate email) in order to potentially reduce CFP rates. However, in real world applications, such solutions typically capture no more than 90% to 91% of inbound spam.

In the past, such a low spam capture rate was often acceptable to many corporate users. However, with the continued increase in the amount of spam being delivered to corporate servers, such systems are now permitting the delivery of too much unwanted email to still be considered effective.

OnlyMyEmail's record of continuously capturing over 99% of spam and email distributed viruses for its corporate clients, while maintaining a CFP of just 4 per Million has been unmatched by any competitor, making it the most accurate and reliable anti-spam system available today.

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