Threats to email systems have grown substantially, with Spam accounting for more than 75% of total email volume.  Spammers are targeting smaller companies, 100 users or less, since they usually have less sophisticated defenses in place than larger companies.  After significant research and trial and error, we have determined the optimal solution for Louisiana and neighboring businesses, regardless of size, to eliminate spam.  We have isolated two solutions that we recommend as the best options for ending this problem.  Both solutions filter spam AND viruses, preventing them from reaching your network. SOLUTION ANALYSIS PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE PROTECTION AGAINST THE MOST CURRENT EMAIL-BORNE THREATS THAT CAN CRIPPLE A NETWORK IF LEFT UNPROTECTED SHOULD UTILIZE MULTI-LAYER TECHNOLOGIES TO OPTIMIZE AN ORGANIZATION’S EMAIL SERVER WHILE PROVIDING DEFENSES AGAINST THE FOLLOWING: ANTI-SMAP ANTI-VIRUS ANTI-SPOOFING ANTI-PHISHING ANTI-SPYWARE DENIAL OF SERVICE ENHANCE END-USER EXPERIENCE BY ALLOWING INDIVIDUAL TUNING OF EMAIL FILTERING PARAMETERS THUS PROVIDING MORE ACCURATE SPAM FILTERING CAPABILITIES. EXAMAPLES OF THESE: USER-BASED FILTERING POLICIES INDIVIDUAL SPAM SCORING PERSONAL ALLOW AND BLOCK LISTS END-USER QUARANTINE