FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A new tool in the fight against SPAM.
COLCHESTER, CT -- April 26, 2004 -- LexiConn Internet Services, a privately
held provider of web hosting and ecommerce services, today announced
that it has introduced a new tool to actively stop SPAM emails for all
of its users.
A new feature has been added to the spam protection system that helps
to determine what is a spam or junk email. This feature, a new Realtime
Blackhole List (RBL) named SURBL, analyzes the content of each email
to see if any of the domains or URL's listed in the email are known
spammer websites. If they are, the email is more likely to be spam,
and is weighted more towards spam for the final determination by the
software.
This new RBL is revolutionary in the fight against spam, as it does
not care where the email originates from (as most spammers forge the
From: field and use hijacked servers and computers to send out their
junk mail), but rather sees what URL's and domains the email is trying
to get people to go to or show images from in the body of the message.
This is very effective, as spammers must use a website to display their
images or for people to go to in order to purchase an item. The new
RBL catches these websites, and can greatly help classify an email as
spam.
About LexiConn Internet Services:
LexiConn is a privately held company located in Colchester, CT. Founded
in 1996, LexiConn hosts over 2000 websites in over 30 countries. The
company provides shared and managed server hosting, ecommerce and database
solutions, as well as domain registration services.
http://www.lexiconn.com
