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Only valid if purchased in the last 90 days through Ceratec Inc or it's web sites Emailprofessor.com, XWall.net or XWall.US

The XWall is a server based spam filter that works. It's that simple. Ask anybody or try it yourself. XWall for Microsoft Exchange (5.5, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010 including SB versions 32/64bit) and standard SMTP mail servers offers a wide variety of filters to combat spam, junk mail, email viruses, dangerous attachments and many other undesired email situations. XWall may attach disclaimers to outgoing email, and can archive all in and outgoing email. XWall keeps a detailed daily log including several informative statistics. Try the XWall spam filter today on your Exchange server and effectively control spam and viruses in your company's email.

XWall works with Microsoft Server NT4, 2000, 2003, 2008 Standard, Enterprise and Small Business. It also can be placed on a MS Home server, 2000 Pro, XP or Vista workstation. Microsoft may limit the number of connections on some workstation OS. XWall is available in 32 and 64 bit versions.

January 20th 2010 - Fight spam, use XWALL 3.45. The new XWall release 3.45 not only supplies you with additional spam fighting tools it's adding extra precautions to avoid any false positives. Check it out yourself and go for the 30 day trail available in 32 or 64 versions.

October 7th 2009 - Forced outbound TLS. This option is not new to XWall. But there is some new interest in this feature. If you like details how to setup a forced TLS connection to some particular domain(s) click here....

August 8th 2008 - BACKSCATTER Blocking. Xwall 3.43 successfully blocks fake none delivery receipts and system messages in it's current Beta release. You can download the Beta from our support site http://support.ceratec.net and install the files in your current XWall folder.

Great reasons to install XWall email control

1. Thousands of satisfied customers can't be wrong.

2. Spam and Viruses do not enter your mail server and distribution environment.

3. You have multiple filters: RBL, SURBL, SPF, Greylisting, Bayes, Heuristic, Tests block, etc.

4. The XWall CCS central server protects you from treats you don't know yet.

5. New spam may requite new methods. XWall updates keeps you filter in top shape.

6. You have server license for unlimited users and multiple domains.

7. You get user spam reports, blocked mesasage retrieval and admin overview reports via email.

8. SMTP firewall protects against attacks and open relay.

9. XWall excludes corporate or individual automatic senders.

10. XWall adds automatic outgoing disclaimer to messages.

11. Xwall works independently of exchange or mail server version.

12. Software or hardware solutions are available.

Click here to read about the detail of the XWall spam filters

XWall fights current spam issues

BACKSCATTER Blocking.

Xwall successfully blocks fake none delivery receipts and system messages in it's current Beta release. You can download the Beta from our support site http://support.ceratec.net and install the files in your current XWall folder.

ECARD VARIANT welcome letter.

The first variant of the Ecard Zombie showed up in my Inbox today. It thanks you for signing up and includes a link to a website .... bad news of course. But there is good news. Your current Xwall (3.29+) can block the ip address. Add a string http://#.#.#.# in admin-> option-> blocking-> html

ECARD greeting card spam is presenting new issues.

Some Ecard messages are downloading zombie viruses by just opening the message. What makes it worse currently the virus is undetectable by most virus scanner. We recommend that you add subject blocks in XWall for words like ecard, postcard, greetingcard, school-mate, familymember, class-mate and so on. Many of these fake ecard messages are caught already by the CCS, SLS and SURBL filters.

PDF the latest spam vehicle It seems the spamers figured out that you consider PDF as save to pass through your spam filter. You can't just block PDF's or you loose invoices, documents and other things typically emailed as PDF. The PDF issue is addresses in the current XWall beta releases and you find additional help in the forum under Image Spam.

XWall 3.45 - New tools for a new year

- New: View->Statistic
- New: Callback sender verification ( Options->Session->Verify )
- New: Sign outbound messages using DomainKey ( Options->DomainKeys )
- New: Block messages with a invalid DomainKey ( Options->DomainKeys )
- New: Global exclude messages with a valid DomainKey ( Options->Global Exclude->DomainKeys )
- New: Remove DomainKey signature for inbound messages ( Options->System->Format )
- New: Verify and/or remove S/MIME encryption and/or signature for inbound messages ( Options->S/MIME ) (add-on to XWall, extra license needed)
- New: Block image spam (empty message with a png picture) ( Options->Spam->Image )
- New: Payload limit for outbound messages ( message size x recipient count ) ( OutboundPayloadLimit=xxx )
- New: Add the extension of the attachment to the temporary file name with on-access scan VirusScannerOnAccessUseExt=True
- New: Disable TLS/SSL weak cipher TLSServOmitWeakCipher=True, TLSClientOmitWeakCipher=True
- New: Country block also checks Hotmail's X-Originating-IP: header line
- New: ISP Edition may use different DSN From: e-mail addresses for each e-mail or domain
- New: Options->Session->Greeting delay can be adjusted
- New:Set limit of bad e-mail addresses in an inbound SMTP session InboundSMTPMaxBadMailSession=x
- New: Support for RFC 2319 - Ukrainian Character Set KOI8-U

XWall 3.44

- New: Support for GBK ( Chinese ) codepage
-New:Block outbound messages that are not from an internal domain (OutboundBlock Address OnlyInternal=True )
- New: Optional startup delay in the case the virus scanner or DNS server is not starting fast enough ( StartupDelayFresh=5 )
- New: XWall.ini allows comments using a semicolon
- New: Comment for every list field
- New: Send information message after startup ( SendStartup=True )
- New: Send information message when there was a warning after startup ( SendStartupWarn=True )
- New: Hide SLS service info in error message; needed for Trend Micro Reputation Service ( InboundESMTPHideSLSInfo=True )
- New: Warning when ini is read-only or no read-write ACL
- New: Heuristic checks for text obfuscation with HTML tags in plain text
- New: Verbose logging for disclaimer ( VerboseDisclaimer=True )
- New: The logfile shows which e-mail template was used to block an e-mail address
- New: Recommended SLS/RBL b.barracudacentral.org
- Chg: yahoogroups.com removed from default exclusion
- Chg: Update of X-Mailer in Options->Blocking->Header
- Chg: Files for disclaimer can be in any directory, default is XWall directory
- Chg: UAC is requireAdministrator for MBSever.exe and highestAvailable for MBAdmin.exe
- Fix: Ignoring MIME Content-Disposition header fields with longer value like "filenamexxx"
- Fix: White List was not properly updated when the message was sent to more than one recipient
- Fix: Exchange 2007 is not able to decode a MIME subject with more than 225 bytes word len
- Fix: Disclaimer and S/MIME address with a star was not working as expected
- Fix: Reassemble message uses codepage UTF-7 when the original codepage is US-ASCII, but the text contains non-ASCII characters
- Fix: DNS validation is repeated several times in the case of a DNS error
- Fix: Manifest and UAC elevation also for MBServer.exe
- Fix: ESMTP AUTH LOGIN with Microsoft .NET Framework (Namespace System.Net.Mail)
- Fix: non-delivery report for a message with a 4xx and 5xx error showed the reason for the 4xx rather then 5xx error

XWall 3.43

- New: Detect Backscatter ( Options->Spam->Backscatter )
- New: Block DSN/NDR only for specific recipient e-mail address ( Options->Blocking->DSN )
- New: Support for Exchange 2007 X-Auto-Response-Suppress header line
- New: Support for RFC 5064 Archived-At message header
- New: RFC 3834 XWall adds the Auto-Submitted header line and sets DSN to NEVER for Out-Of-Office messages
- New: restart.sig forces a restart of XWall
- New: Setting DSN to NEVER for inbound Out-Of-Office and spam messages
- New: Converting DSN NEVER to a NULL-Sender in the MAIL FROM command, because Exchange sends Out-Of-Office messages back even when DSN is NEVER
- New: Each record in AdrOWL-A.dat ( white list ) has a human readable timestamp
- New: XWall removes BATV from MAIL FROM address before checking the white list
- New: XWall adds a header line to detect faked DSN
- New: XWall connects to every IP address when the MX host is multi-homed
- New: White List add/del sends back a confirmation message
- Chg: Outbound messages with "auto" in the subject followed by a double dot are not added to the white list
- Chg: A non-delivery report will be sent only when the first MX points to localhost, a backup MX that points to localhost is ignored

Don't forget to check our ongoing developments in the Beta release section.

Compatibility

The XWall spam filter is compatible with all professional versions of Windows and Windows servers including the 2008 releases and the Microsoft Small Business edition servers series with 32bit or 64 bit core. XWall may also be used with Notes, Groupwise and other non-Windows environments. This however requires that XWall is installed on a separate machine running Windows.

XWall supports all versions of Microsoft Exchange Server including 5.0, 5.5, 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2010. XWall can be installed on the same machine as Exchange or on a separate system. The system can be inside or outside your network. Often XWall is used as a SMTP firewall in the DMZ. XWall supports SMTP mail servers including Lotus Notes, Novell Groupwise, Imail and many others.

Application

The XWall email spam filter is found in situations ranging from a handful of users to large scale cluster servers handling 15,000+ mail accounts. A single XWall server often filters the mail for an entire school district or university. The licensing is per server based. One Exchange server requires one XWall license.

A special XWall ISP is available to ISPs and ISP-like operations. It allows filtering all email for the ISP and forwarding it to multiple servers located at the ISP.

Installation

The XWall setup is painless and does not install any plug-ins nor does it hook to your Exchange server. Xwall can be put in the mail stream or removed from it with a simple port switch. The install wizard automatically configures XWall for your system asking only a minimal number of questions.

XWall is server based, installs in front of your Exchange server and does not require any software on the client system. XWall may function as application or as service on any NT class system.

Benefits

While other spam filters may also filter the mail in front of exchange they send it right to it after filtering it. You still end up with all the headaches and capacity issues. XWall with the ESAT option keeps all the spam outside your Exchange or SMTP mail server. Yet the users are informed about any blocked email and can retrieve it. This feature is available for all mail systems and not limited to some versions of Exchange. The spam gets automatically deleted after a preset (by you) time.

Components

Xwall features a long list of filter and mail handling components. It's not just all about spam. Xwall offers features like outgoing e-mail disclaimers, outgoing e-mail encryption and signing. Read more

Automation

We feel that while spam may be fascinating to some, you probably have better things to do. XWall features a great number of automated filters and features. XWall offers SLS, RBL, SURBL, Heuristic (a.k.a. Spamassasin) Bayes, Greylisting, Phishing, White list SLS, SPF, CCS (Central Checksum Service), Country block by IP, auto white listing for individuals or company wide, auto disclaimer, auto encription and auto retrieval. XWall can automatically archive all in and outgoing emails.

Evaluation & Purchase

A full featured evaluation of XWall & ESATInformer can be downloaded. If you would like to purchase a license please visit our online store page for information.

Support & Updates

Support is available via toll free phone to all Ceratec customers. We also offer a helpdesk, email and our busy XWall.US Forum. We also offer a large FAQ section and the right answer is never far away, including any pre-sales question you may have.

XWall is constantly undergoing changes to keep up with the spammers. You may download these updates free of charge. If you like to be active in the fight of spam we will be happy to notify you of Beta releases.

The CCS (Central Checksum Service) is an annual paid subscription service. The cost is $99.00

Software or Hardware

XWall is available as a hardware or software solution. It can reside on your exchange server or most windows-based mail servers. Or you can run Xwall on its own box which allows you to operate cross platform with almost any mail server.

If you've just had it with spam and have no time to implement XWall yourself, Ceratec offers a turnkey hardware solution.