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ANTI-SPAM FOR MAIL SERVERS

Protect yourself against malware and time-wasting spam

Block spoofed emails, stop emails from blacklisted DNSs or those that link to known problem URLs or phishing sites, remove non-RFC compliant emails, detect emails from forged senders and more techniques to slash the spam waste.

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ANTI-SPAM FOR MAIL SERVERS

Get 14 anti-spam filters, 3 anti-virus engines plus malware scanning in one email security package.

GFI MailEssentials AI is compatible with different email servers, not just Exchange. It fits seamlessly into your current setup, whether on-premise, virtual, or hosted in your cloud infrastructure. IT admins are in full control of their email security.

GFI MAILESSENTIALS AI

Block email-borne viruses and malware

  • Why trust email security to one antivirus engine when you can have the combined power of four? GFI MailEssentials AI can engage the power of leading brands including BitDefender, Avira and Sophos.
  • Each engine features its own heuristics and detection methods. You gain maximum protection for your email environment to block email-borne viruses and other malware more effectively.
GFI MAILESSENTIALS AI

Filter spam to cut wasted time and server space

  • Spam is estimated to be 45% of your email volume. GFI MailEssentials AI uses 14 advanced email filtering technologies you can see in action. Filter spam out before it hits email boxes to save your server space and productive time.
  • Block spoofed emails, stop emails from blacklisted DNSs or those that link to known problem URLs or phishing sites, remove non-RFC compliant emails, detect emails from forged senders and more techniques to slash the spam waste.
GFI MAILESSENTIALS AI

Simply make email safe and productive

  • GFI MailEssentials AI is compatible with different email servers, not just Exchange. It fits seamlessly into your current setup—whether on-premise, virtual, or hosted in your cloud infrastructure. IT admins are in full control of their email security.
  • You can also extend control to users. Provide reports and ongoing access to quarantined emails to enable them to release what they want to receive. They can also customize their own black and whitelists.
GFI MAILESSENTIALS AI

Email security that learns your business

GFI MailEssentials AI adapts to your specific data patterns and compliance requirements, reducing breach risk and simplifying management. Fully integrated with the GFI MailEssentials ecosystem for straightforward deployment.

Smart Rule Creation
AI generates and optimizes security rules based on your organization’s actual email patterns. No complex manual configuration needed.

Multi-Layer Spam Defense
Fifteen AI-enhanced filters block phishing, whaling, and social engineering attacks as threats become more sophisticated.

Custom Data Protection
Rules tailored to your compliance requirements and the specific sensitive data types your organization handles.

Stays Current
Continuously refines protection as regulations change and your business evolves, keeping email security aligned with real-world needs.

ANTI-SPAM FOR MAIL SERVERS

Simplify compliance management

GFI MailEssentials AI adapts to your specific data patterns, reducing breach risk.

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Smart Rule Creation

AI generates and optimizes security rules based on your organization's actual email patterns. No complex manual configuration needed.

Multi-Layer Spam Defense

Fifteen AI-enhanced filters block phishing, whaling, and social engineering attacks as threats become more sophisticated.

Custom Data Protection

Rules tailored to your compliance requirements and the specific sensitive data types your organization handles.

Stays Current

Continuously refines protection as regulations change and your business evolves, keeping email security aligned with real-world needs.

11 reasons to use GFI MailEssentials AI to secure your email

GFI MailEssentials AI ships with the powerful Avira and BitDefender Antivirus engines. This advanced technology stack provides strong email protection with minimal impact on system performance. You can also add the Sophos antivirus engine for ultimate protection. Antivirus engine vendors have different response times to new viruses and malware. This capability ensures your system can always detect new threats in the shortest possible time.
GFI MailEssentials AI delivers advanced malware protection with scanning engines that connect to a cloud service whenever they find unknown, executable attachments. These attachments are thoroughly scanned with the intelligent Kaspersky cloud engine to determine if the attachment is malicious or not.

GFI MailEssentials AI features a variety of anti-spam technologies including:

  • SPF (Sender Policy Framework) authentication to block spoofed emails
  • Greylisting to block emails sent with non-compliant Request for Comments (RFC) techniques used by spammers
  • Directory harvest protection to block emails sent using random and exhaustive email address-generation techniques
  • DNS blocklists that use information gathered from distributed community data collection techniques to fend off botnet spamming
  • Bayesian filtering that uses a mathematical approach based on spam and ham (legitimate email)
  • A “Language Detection” plug-in, that detects and blocks spam in specific languages


Combining these technologies yields a >99% spam detection rate.

GFI MailEssentials AI is compatible with more than just the Exchange email server. It fits seamlessly into your current setup – whether on-premises, virtual or hosted in your cloud infrastructure. While IT admins are in full control of their email security, control can also be extended to users. Provide reports and ongoing access to quarantined emails to enable users to release what they want to receive. They can also customize their own block and allowlists.
GFI MailEssentials AI lets you handle all your email security functions (including reporting and quarantining of spam and malware) from a single web-based console. Its integrated reporting function enables you to quickly customize and generate reports on emails sent and received by your business. The console’s dashboard gives you a graphic view in real time of the software status, as well as the email flow on the server.
GFI MailEssentials AI lets you choose what to do with spam and malware emails. Users can mark emails as spam, or you can quarantine suspected spam and notify users. You can also establish central quarantine locations for malware. Another option is to have GFI MailEssentials AI quarantine spam and send a regular digest to end users. End users can manually release emails from quarantine. There’s also an automatic allowlist function that can be added to outgoing email recipients to greatly reduce false positives.
GFI MailEssentials AI performs keyword checking by scanning inbound and outbound emails for keywords. Its attachment checking function scans emails for attachments. You can choose to block all incoming emails with potentially malicious attachment types or block certain file types such as mp3 and Mpeg files. Advanced user-based email filtering rules enable you to block emails based on patterns that you define, such as regular expressions.
The GFI MailEssentials AI Trojan and executable scanner detects unknown and potentially malicious executables. The scanner uses built-in intelligence to rate the risk level by disassembling the executable. It then detects what it might do and compares its actions to a database of malicious actions. The scanner quarantines any executables that perform suspicious actions, like making network connections or accessing the address book.
GFI MailEssentials AI detects and blocks phishing email threats by comparing the content of the spam with a constantly updated database and phishing URLs. It also checks for typical phishing keywords in every email sent to your business. GFI MailEssentials AI detects email-borne spyware using its antivirus engine that has access to an extensive database of known spyware, Trojans and adware.
When you install GFI MailEssentials AI on multiple servers, it synchronizes the configuration across all the servers. Important settings from your GFI MailEssentials AI servers are coordinated across all the network, making it easier to maintain email security. It logs all mail flow activity to a central reporting database so that you can consolidate email flow reports and easily detect any mail flow issues. These unified settings are highly customizable, giving you total deployment flexibility.

The GFI MailEssentials AI list server offers an easy way to implement an opt-in email discussion list with automated subscribe and unsubscribe links. Other useful features include:

  • Add add company-wide disclaimers to the top or bottom of an email
  • Implement an opt-in email discussion list with automated subscribe and unsubscribe links
  • Keep the central store of email communications by configuring it to be copied to an email address
  • Use the POP2Exchange to access external POP3 email accounts without the need for a dedicated email server

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GFI MailEssentials AI is compatible with different email servers, whether on-premise, virtual, or hosted in your cloud infrastructure.

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