Antispam for businesses without a full-time IT team
SpamFoo works well on its standard settings, trains itself on how each person handles their mail and can run on an instance we host, so keeping spam out doesn't fall on one busy person.
01The problem
Spam filtering usually lands on whoever is good with computers
Every complaint becomes a setting
Someone loses an invoice to junk, so the filter gets loosened. A week later the spam is back and someone else asks for it to be tightened.
Small teams are easy to impersonate
Everyone knows the owner's name, and so do scammers. A message that asks the bookkeeper for a quick payment can look ordinary.
Nobody has time to tune rules
Block lists and keyword rules need regular care. In a small business, that care competes with the work people were hired to do.
02User Customization
SpamFoo learns each person's mailbox
SpamFoo trains on what people already do with their mail. When someone moves a message to junk or back to their inbox, SpamFoo applies that preference to their mailbox right away. It doesn't change anyone else's mail, and it helps improve the models for every user.
Each person has a dashboard for their own mail, where they can add rules and review what they have taught SpamFoo. Nobody has to wait for an admin.
See how a correction works03Little tuning
Good results from the standard settings
SpamFoo reads each message for what it asks the reader to do, so there are no keyword lists to maintain. Its models, sender reputation and list of known phishing links stay up to date on their own.
- No rules to write before it starts working
- Sender reputation from the whole SpamFoo network
- A simple sensitivity setting if you ever want to change it
04Ways to run
Let us run it, or run it yourself
If nobody on your team wants another server to look after, we can host SpamFoo for you or connect it to your Microsoft 365 mailboxes. If you already run your own mail server, SpamFoo can run right beside it.
Compare the ways to run SpamFoo05Anti-Phishing
Catch the "CEO" who writes from a free mail account
Add the owner, the bookkeeper and anyone else people trust as protected identities. SpamFoo flags mail that borrows those names from an outside address, and it checks for look-alike domains and known phishing links too.
More about Anti-PhishingQuestions small businesses ask
Do we need IT staff to run SpamFoo?
Someone sets it up once, by installing SpamFoo Client next to your mail server, connecting your mail server to a hosted instance or approving SpamFoo in Microsoft 365. After that, SpamFoo keeps its models and lists up to date, and it keeps learning each person's preferences from how they handle their mail.
Will one person's correction change everyone's mail?
No. A correction takes effect for that person's mailbox right away. It also helps improve the models for every user.
Do we have to change our MX records?
No. Your mail keeps arriving the way it does today, and SpamFoo checks each message.
We use Microsoft 365. Does SpamFoo work with it?
Yes. SpamFoo for Microsoft 365 connects to your organization and checks new mail in the mailboxes you choose.
Tired of fighting spam on your own?
Tell us how your business handles email, and we'll help you pick the simplest way to get SpamFoo checking it.