PureMessage for UNIXAdvanced security and flexible control
Sophos PureMessage for UNIX combines proactive spam and malware protection with advanced content control and highly flexible policy management.
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Industry-leading anti-spam protection
PureMessage for UNIX eliminates more than 99% of spam with a range of anti-spam technologies including Sender Genotype detection, heuristics, attachment fingerprinting, true file type detection and more.
SXL, the real-time anti-spam intelligence service powered by SophosLabs™, enables instant protection against fast-moving spam campaigns.
Powerful anti-virus protection
Award-winning technology detects, disinfects or quarantines viruses, spyware, Trojans and worms in incoming and outgoing email.
Customized email policy enforcement
PureMessage incorporates a highly flexible policy environment to support complex security or regulatory compliance requirements.
Sophos PureMessage for UNIX has been awarded the West Coast Labs Checkmark for email filtering.
Delegated administration
Adapting to your infrastructural logic, PureMessage can extend administrative privileges to sub-groups (department, subsidiary, customer or other designation) for better control and efficiency.
Connection-level defense
PureMessage for UNIX maximizes the performance of your email gateway with powerful connection-level filtering that eliminates more than 90% of spam before it even enters your network.
Sender Genotype and reputation filtering reduce scanning requirements and accelerate the delivery of clean mail.
Content security
Powerful scanning of message and attachment content protects against confidential data leakage and tailors filtering to enforce your organization's specific acceptable email use policies.
End-to-end message forensics
Reduce internal helpdesk workload with PureMessage's innovative search interface. Centralized access to logs, queues and quarantine allows you to trace messages quickly and easily.
Multi-language filtering
Global organizations are protected from viruses and spam in multiple languages.
Automatic updates
The latest virus and spam identities and Genotypes, known spammer IP ranges, true file types and software updates are downloaded automatically via the internet.
Easy configuration and management
A web-based interface allows the straightforward configuration and management of PureMessage.
Allow list/block list capabilities
Enterprise and end-user preferences are established through global and end-user allow lists and block lists.
End-user quarantine
End-user interfaces provide customizable quarantine features for the quick retrieval of legitimate messages.
Message routing
Messages can be routed based on policy to third-party encryption and archiving solutions.
Resources
- How to buy
- One comprehensive license
- Technical datasheet
- Trial evaluation datasheet
- Policy management datasheet
- Reviewer's guide
- Compare email security products
- Sophos brochure
Become an OEM Partner
PureMessage for UNIX has flexible APIs and deployment options for integrating into your own solution.
HIPS technology
Behavioral Genotype® Protection (HIPS) automatically guards against unknown threats by analyzing behavior before code executes.
Our expertise
Buying criteria for email security
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