Category: SWS Blog

New Way of Doing Email

Home > How We Handle Outgoing Email & Spam Protection for SWS Clients The new server setup uses a different way of handling email. We are now using an outgoing email service that monitors all outgoing email for policy and spam. This is designed to…

The Move to a New Server was a HUGE Success

Home > The Move to a New Server Was a HUGE Success Minus a few minor growing pains here and there, it went very well, and we couldn't be happier. We hope that you are as well.Here is the skinny on who, what, when, and…

WOW! That was a long but successful weekend!

Home > WOW! That Was a Long But Successful Weekend! Afternoon!  We have launched the new servers – it was a long weekend, but the move was overall successful.  We have only had a few unique to the specific client glitches that are currently all…

Server Migration

Home > Server Migration The migration to our new server was completed successfully. This new server will have twice as many physical CPUs, nearly three times as many CPU cores, and twice the CPU clock speed. It will have four times the RAM, and we are…

SPAM Is Out of Control

Home > SPAM Is Out of Control Lately, we have been experiencing a huge influx of spam emails, but this time, things are not what they seem. Our email server uses a software application called MailScanner, which checks every email message and gives it a…

Email Attachments and MailScanner

Home > Email Attachments and MailScanner MailScanner is a highly respected open-source email security system designed for Linux-based email gateways. It is used at over 40,000 sites worldwide, protecting top government departments, commercial corporations, and educational institutions. This technology has quickly become the standard email…

Using Outlook to Block SPAM

Home > Using Outlook to Block SPAM While our servers use MailScanner and SpamAssassin to filter spam before it reaches you, Outlook also provides its own layer of junk email filtering that you can configure to suit your needs.Does spam have you down lately? If…

Email Phishing

Home > Email Phishing Part 4 of 4 Following on the heels of the previous phishing emails, this one is supposedly a HUMAN RESOURCE INTERNAL MEMO, and yep, you guessed it, I'm getting a raise., Yahoooooo!!! It's about time, lol. Have Questions? Problems with Phishing…

Phishing Team

Phishing Team Part 3 of 4 While I was drafting the previous Phishing post, this one came in. This time, they tried to make it look like there was an Urgent message in Teams for me. If you are not familiar with Teams, it is…

Weekend Phishing Trip

Home > Weekend Phishing Trip Part 2 of 4 According to my email, I'm getting an increase in my salary, nice! It looks like I'm being spear-phished for some reason. They didn't do their homework on me — the first phishing email I received (see previous post)…